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Marrying Ameera (2010)

by Rosanne Hawke(Favorite Author)

4.07 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0732291445 (ISBN13: 9780732291440)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fiction

publisher

HarperCollins Australia

review 1: An eye-opening story about the clash of culture and religion, of modern Australia and modern, yet ancient Pakistan. It seems like one of the fairy tales Ameera hears throughout this tale, unbelievably so given thwart it is a 21st century story. The strength of tradition and honour, even outweighing the bonds of family, freedom and love is such a contrast to the freedom to love as our hearts desire in the west. The betrayal that Ameera feels when her beloved father sends her unknowing to her forced marriage in Pakistan is unimaginable. Torn between faithful obedience and her desire to plan her own future, she does at least have some support, unlike Pakistani women in the same plight. The strength of the family honour concept at the cost of personal rights is just unbelievab... morele. A tidy story that tries to understand, but promotes freedom of choice as being the truly honourable option.
review 2: Ameera is the seventeen-year-old daughter of a father from Pakistan and a mother from Australia. Having agreed to raise their daughter as a Muslim, there have been few clashes in the raising of Ameera and her brother, until now. Forbidden to associate with men outside her family, Ameera becomes attracted to her friend’s brother, Tariq, but when her father hears she’s been seen at the same party as him, he sends her to Pakistan to help with the wedding of her cousin. It is only after she arrives that Ameera slowly realises the marriage is for her and has been arranged by her father. Ameera manages to sneak a message to her brother and Tariq and is contacted by a man called Frank from the Forced Marriage Unit who agrees to try and help her escape. But will he be in time to save her before the wedding? And what happens if he arrives too late? This book is written with an insightful eye and warm respect for both sides of the cultural line Ameera straddles, but as the race to save her from a forced marriage quickens, the tension is white-knuckled. Rosanne has visited Pakistan several times, once for seven years, but it was during a trip in 2006 that she met a man from the Forced Marriage Unit in the British Consulate and the idea for this novel began. less

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