How We Met

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A Memoir of Love and Other Misadventures

By Huma Qureshi

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How We Met by Huma Qureshi is a touching memoir exploring themes of love, family, and cultural expectations. It delves into Qureshi's personal journey, examining her relationships and experiences as a British Muslim woman. The narrative is both reflective and insightful, capturing the complexities of finding one's own path while honouring familial traditions.
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This book may appeal to you if you are interested in heartfelt reflections on life and love, particularly the intersections of culture, family, and relationships. You'll be drawn into the author's personal journey, uncovering her unique perspectives and experiences about identity and connection.

How We Met

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You can’t choose who you fall in love with, they say. If only it were that simple.

Growing up in Walsall in the 1990s, Huma straddled two worlds – school and teenage crushes in one; the expectations and unwritten rules of her family’s South Asian social circle in the other. Reconciling the two was sometimes a tightrope act, but she managed it. Until it came to marriage.

Realising that marriage – arranged or otherwise – cannot be the all-consuming purpose of her life, Huma learns to start focusing on herself. And then she meets someone. Neither Pakistani nor Muslim nor brown, and therefore technically not suitable at all. When your worlds collide, how do you measure one love against another?

How We Met is a compelling narrative that delves into the complexities of love and the challenges of balancing cultural expectations with personal desires. This captivating memoir poses thought-provoking questions about identity, love, and choice in a world where traditional boundaries are constantly being challenged.

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Huma Qureshi's "How We Met" is praised for its touching and honest exploration of family, love, and personal identity. The memoir is described as both poignant and relatable, with Qureshi's storytelling and prose capturing hearts. Critics highlight her ability to convey cultural and familial expectations, while also exploring themes of personal freedom and self-discovery. The book resonates as a guide for those navigating similar paths, offering insights into the complexities of the British South Asian experience.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781783966110

Publisher: Elliott & Thompson Limited

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 February 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Elliott & Thompson Limited

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 240

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Biography & Memoir Huma Qureshi Non-Fiction

About the Author

Huma Qureshi is an award-winning writer and journalist, and contributor to The Best Most Awful Job: Twenty Writers Talk Honestly About Motherhood (2020). A former Guardian reporter, she has also written for The Times, Independent, Observer, Grazia, New Statesman, and The Huffington Post. She is a regular contributor to BBC2’s Pause for Thought and has appeared as a contributor on BBC Woman’s Hour, BBC London, BBC Breakfast and the BBC Asian Network. She is the winner of the 2020 Harper’s Bazaar Short Story Prize.

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