Once Nazneen begins working, she meets Karim, who brings her sewing supplies from his uncle’s store. In order to get the money for this move, he takes work as a cab driver, allows Nazneen to work sewing clothes, and borrows money from wealthy Mrs. As his daughters grow older, Chanu becomes more and more worried about what their fate will be in a foreign country and becomes more determined than ever to return to Bangladesh. This loss draws the couple closer together, and Nazneen gives birth to two daughters, Shahana and Bibi. The couple has a son, but he dies as an infant. In her letters, Hasina describes her difficult life working in a factory, and then later as a prostitute.Īs time passes, Nazneen becomes increasingly frustrated with Chanu and his lack of decisiveness. Nazneen also maintains contact with her outcast sister, Hasina, who ran away with a man in a love marriage. In London, Nazneen is exposed to a new culture, and struggles to find balance between new possibilities and old traditions. She relocates to London to start her new married life with her husband. The novel centers around the life of Nazneen, a Bangladeshi immigrant who marries an older man named Chanu Ahmed in an arranged marriage.
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