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How I Accidentally Became a Global Stock Photo: And Other Strange and Wonderful Stories by Shubnum Khan

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.0

I enjoyed The Lost Love of Akbar Manzil so much that I went in search for more books by this author. I came across this book at the library and I am so so SO HAPPY I did! Shubnum's collection of stories are powerful, emotional, raw, inspirational, and so funny they had me literally LAUGHING OUT LOUD 🤣. Not only did I find so much of it relatable, but I found it to be a truly motivating read. Shubnum Khan's vibrantly bright and passion-filled anecdotes gave me the hope that I too can live a full and exciting life despite my chronic anxiety, OCD and introverted nature (we are so alike in so many ways!!!). As a fellow single brown Muslim South African woman, I felt Shubnum's confessions and insights down to my very core. In these stories you will find pain and unfortunate events, but you will also learning all the poignant life lessons discovered along her way. This is a very special book and I can't recommend it enough.