My Feudal Lord
$26.20
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
1 January 1996
Summary
A harrowing story of a Muslim woman’s struggle for freedom.
Born into one of Pakistan’s most influential families, Tehmina Durrani was raised in the privileged milieu of Lahore high society. Like all women of her rank, she was expected to marry a prosperous Muslim from a respectable family, bear him many children, and lead a sheltered life. When she married Mustafa Khar, one of Pakistan’s most eminent political figures, she continued to move in the best circles, and learned to keep up…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552142397 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0552142395 |
| Author: | Tehmina Durrani |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Corgi Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 1996 |
| Weight: | 202g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 106mm x 178mm |
Critics Review
‘An extraordinary story’
‘An extraordinary story’ * The Sunday Times *
‘Riveting…one of the many remarkable qualities of Durrani’s story is her total frankness…she emerges as a woman to be admired’ * The Age, Melbourne *
Tehmina Durrani
Tehmina Durrani, a member of one of Pakistan’s most influential families, decided to write this book about the way women are treated in Pakistan after leaving her husband, Mustafa Khar. In the writing of My Feudal Lord, Tehmina Durrani worked with William Hoffer, author of Midnight Express and co-author of Betty Mahmoody’s Not Without My Daughter.
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