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In 1972 the Rehman family are ecstatic to welcome a male heir, Abdel, to join their five daughters. However, the happiness of the family is short-lived after tragedy strikes, hitting the family hard.The five Rehman daughters have to grow up fast, looking after their newly born baby brother while at the same time adhering to their father's strict rules. This is not easy as they grow up in the UK, within a culture very different from that of their Pakistan-born father, who insists on upholding his traditional cultural values at the expense of his family.The arrival of a pretentious stepmother changes their world in a heartbeat.While one daughter, Saleena, discovers that the marriage her father arranged for her is loveless and abusive, her brother Abdel dabbles in western habits and needs to keep his private life secret.This tense, compelling story about the effects of honour killing on a family takes the reader through twists and turns as the years go by.
This sequel to the author’s The Price of Honour is an equally absorbing and compelling read.
Papaji remains attached to traditional cultural values and cannot bring his ways of thinking into the twenty-first century. This failure to change may unleash even more catastrophic consequences than before.
His family is broken by the brutal killing of Saleena. Raazia, in particular, is tormented by her dilemma and desperately seeks justice for her sister’s murder.
Abdel, by contrast, waits to see what his father will do.
The family is fragmented and things reach breaking point.
What will the family do now? But more importantly, what will Raazia do?
This compelling and exhilarating story will appeal particularly to readers who love legal courtroom dramas.
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