Bones of glory

The Bones of Glory : Author: Tuhima Anamalanguage: ArabicPublication date: 2024Book format: PaperbackPublisher: Aseer Books for Translation, Publishing, and DistributionNumber of pages: 384Description: On the eve 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 dimly lit concert hall in Boston. A wild relationship develops instantly between them 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, the brutal force of her society forces her to take a very different path, marrying her childhood friend and adapting to traditional Bangladeshi life. The family approves of Zubaida’s submission, but at the same time, she is filled with anger. In a desperate desire to finally break free 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, appears, and his story holds the key to uncovering mysterious secrets from Zubaida’s past and the possibilities of a new life. With the ship dismantled down to its last parts, Zubaida becomes torn between the social norms of Darin—Bangladesh and America—and she will be forced to strip her private life bare... to make a decision she will never return from.