The Upstairs Wife : An Intimate History of Pakistan (Hardcover)

from Jaylia3

Both a personal and a national history, this beautifully written memoir by Rafia Zakaria will be of interest to anyone who wants to understand more about Pakistan today. The book opens in 2007, on the day Zakaria's uncle had a stroke and Benazir Bhutto, the only female to ever serve as Pakistan's...

from laytonwoman3rd

There are two stories interwoven in this "intimate history". The history of a country, Pakistan, and the history of the author's family, which left Bombay, India, to live in Karachi, Pakistan, after the partition of the two countries. I expected, from the title, that this book would be about the ...

from streamsong

I received this book through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program in exchange for a written review. In 1947, as the British domination of India was coming to an end, Britain partitioned India into the nations of Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan. In a bizarre twist, Pakistan actually consisted ...

from Archivist13

This book was at once educational as well as heart-rending. As an American, it is hard to fathom certain customs practiced cultures much older than our own. That said, these are customs and mores that have been in place far longer than the United States has been a country. It is one thing to read...

from Jcambridge

A well-written and personal history of the impact the independence and the partition of India and Pakistan had on a Muslim family. The book will be most appreciated by those who have lived or spent time in these countries, but I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in this region of th...