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Zubaida Haque, adopted by a wealthy Bangladeshi family, leaves to find a fossil linked to human evolution. In Boston, she meets and falls for musician Elijah Strong, but fate pulls her back to Dhaka, where she marries her childhood friend and abandons her ambitions. Discontent drives her to Chittagong, where she works on a documentary about shipbreaking at the infamous beaches. Among the workers is Anwar, whose story unlocks clues to Zubaida’s origins. As she witnesses a vessel reduced to its bones, Zubaida must confront the cultural forces of both Bangladesh and America and decide on a new path for herself.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Tahmima Anam
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