The Girl from Foreign, (Paperback)

from bookczuk

The Girl from Foreign chronicles Sadia Shepard's journey of discovery to explore her heritage. She is the daughter of a Pakistani woman of Islamic faith and a white, Protestant from Colorado. Living with the family during Sadia's childhood and young adult-hood, was her cherished maternal grandmot...

from Laurenbdavis

An interesting, if somewhat dry, memoir of Sadia Shephard's year in India and Pakistan tracking down the Bene Israel community to which her grandmother belonged. I found the details of the Bene Israel community informative and intriguing -- this is a community of which I wasn't aware. Ms. Shepard...

from Kimaoverstreet

A bit of a disappointment, this book describes Sadiya's daily work as she attempts to locate the Bene Israel, Jews living in India, her grandmother's family. While many of the historical bits about her forefathers and their struggles to adapt to life in India prove quite interesting, Sadiya's own...

from ilovemycat1

I read this book "blind"- no jacket cover, no idea what it was about, just my daughter leaving it at the house, and saying I should read it. After about 50 pages, I called her and asked if it was fiction or non-fiction. When she said "non-fiction", I pressed her to see if she was sure. It is an i...

from chutzpanit

I picked this book up at the library and immediately was drawn into the world that Sadia spun. The story tells the real tale of her grandmother, who was born of the Bene Israel Jewish community in India, a community that I've heard some about in recent years. Unfortunately I didn't know a lot of ...