Bones of glory

Bones of glory by Tuhima Anam ... on the evening of her departure to search for the bones of the walking whale - the fossil that forms the missing link in human evolution - Zubaida Haq falls in love with Elaja Strong; a man she met at a dim concert hall in Boston. A wild relationship develops between them immediately despite their differences: Elaja belongs to a typical American family, and Zubaida is the adopted daughter of a wealthy Bangladeshi family in Dhaka. When fate brings her back to her homeland, she is forced by the brutal power of her society to take a very different path, marrying her childhood friend and getting used to traditional Bangladeshi life. The family approves of Zubaida's submission, while at the same time she is filled with anger. In a desperate desire to finally free herself from her family's constraints, she moves to Chittagong to work on a documentary about the submerged shores where she practices ship dismantling. Anwar, a ship dismantling worker, whose story holds the key to uncovering mysterious secrets from Zubaida's past and possibilities for a new life, appears. As the ship is dismantled down to its last parts, Zubaida becomes torn between the social norms of Darin – Bangladesh and America – and will be forced to strip her private life... to make a decision she will never return from. Publisher: Asir Al-Kutub Author: Tuhima Anam Pages: 384 For more of the author's works: Tuhima Anam • Golden Age • Bones of Glory • Good Muslim