Stay, Daughter

Name: Stay, Daughter
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781800751392
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By Yasmin Azad

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Summary

Stay, Daughter by Yasmin Azad is a poignant memoir exploring the complex intersection of tradition and modernity in a Muslim community. The author delves into the challenges of maintaining cultural identity and family expectations while yearning for personal freedom. Set in Sri Lanka, it offers a reflective look at the struggle to reconcile family duty with individual aspirations in a changing world.
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Format: Hardback

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You might enjoy this book if you are interested in exploring the intersection of cultural traditions and personal identity, especially regarding the challenges unique to Muslim women. Delve into a heartfelt memoir that offers a nuanced view of family dynamics, faith, and the struggle for independence.

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We did not stay in our houses. Not in the way our grandmothers had, or our mothers. We went out a little more and veiled ourselves a little less. Some of us longed for more learning and dreamed about leaving home to get it. The elders shook their heads and cautioned: too much education could ruin a girl's future.

To be a Muslim girl in the Sri Lanka of the 50s and 60s was to have to stay inside once you hit puberty; where even a glimpse of flesh was forbidden; and where things were done the way they'd always been done.

But Yasmin Azad's family is full of love, humour and larger-than-life characters, despite the strictures half of them were under. And almost despite himself, Yasmin's father allows her an education – an education that would open the whole world to her, even as it risked closing her off from those she was closest to.

An extraordinary portrait of a time and a community in the midst of profound change, Stay, Daughter vividly evokes a now-vanished world, but its central clash – that of tradition and modernity – is one that will always be with us.

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Stay, Daughter by Yasmin Azad is highly praised for its vibrant setting and historical depth, offering insights into Muslim life and generational shifts in a traditional setting. The memoir is noted for promoting cultural understanding and providing thought-provoking insights. Reviewers appreciate its humour and depth in exploring the challenges and nuances faced by Muslim women straddling tradition and modernity. It's acclaimed as a significant work on Sri Lankan Muslims and recommended for its unique perspective.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781800751392

Publisher: Swift Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 April 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Swift Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 256

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Biography & Memoir Non-Fiction Yasmin Azad

About the Author

Yasmin Azad was among the first group of girls in her Muslim community in Sri Lanka to go away to university. Stay, Daughter draws on her experiences growing up in a close-knit, conservative society which had to deal with the challenge of reconciling the rules of Islamic orthodoxy with the freedoms and innovations of the modern world.Soon after obtaining a degree in English from the University of Ceylon, Yasmin moved to the United States, and has recently retired from her job.