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The Mismatch by Sara Jafari
5.0
This book was surprisingly good. I’m not sure what I was expecting.
Soraya is graduating from uni, her life is strongly influenced by her Islamic faith, causing questions and guilt when she begins to fall for an English man.
The book also follows the earlier life of Soraya’s mother and the strong beliefs that have influenced her life and the choices she has made to continue to live with her husband who is a drug addict, verbally and physically abusive. This links to the present day and how home life has affected Soraya and her siblings lives in how they see and manage the world.
A really enlightening book, increasing my understanding of the challenges the multicultural society has in accepting others views and choices in how to live their life.
The parent’s choices and reactions did make me feel uncomfortable at times due to my own beliefs, it is difficult to say what is right and wrong and how far acceptance should go in the view of a person’s faith
Soraya is graduating from uni, her life is strongly influenced by her Islamic faith, causing questions and guilt when she begins to fall for an English man.
The book also follows the earlier life of Soraya’s mother and the strong beliefs that have influenced her life and the choices she has made to continue to live with her husband who is a drug addict, verbally and physically abusive. This links to the present day and how home life has affected Soraya and her siblings lives in how they see and manage the world.
A really enlightening book, increasing my understanding of the challenges the multicultural society has in accepting others views and choices in how to live their life.
The parent’s choices and reactions did make me feel uncomfortable at times due to my own beliefs, it is difficult to say what is right and wrong and how far acceptance should go in the view of a person’s faith