Catch A Fish From The Sea: (Using the Internet) - Couverture souple

Akhtar, Nasreen

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ISBN 10 : 0955521416 ISBN 13 : 9780955521416

Editeur : Greenbirds, 2008

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A propos du livre

Revue de presse

I have just read a dispatch from the front line of cultural tectonics. Nasreen Akhtar has written the kind of memoir of a book I would never normally read, a personal memoir of a young woman seeking a husband Catch a Fish from the Sea (Using the Internet). I halfway through reading it but I am hooked. For the casual reader it s a romantic journey. But it s also a fascinating insight into the mind of a young person who sees themselves as both British, Islamic and South Asian. This multiple-layered ethnicity is both a blessing and a burden. Catch a Fish ... is about trying to find a cultural as well as a marriage partner. After a slow start it gathers narrative pace as Nasreen gets involved with an ardent admirer who forces her to re-examine her attitude to Islam. The book becomes a journal of spiritual quest. Some of us may feel it s misguided, but there is no denying Nasreen's honesty and passion. I was scared lonely and lost. Walking in the dark, not knowing where I was going, feeling that I had not belonged anywhere. However for the first time in my life, I felt at ease. Amongst this room of total strangers I mattered, and there was a place for me. I realized that all the colours of mankind from Africa to Albania, we were all connected by one thing: our belief ... This Islam thing wasn t bad. It was supposed to be bad but then why was it making me feel good? --John Davies, Latest 7 magazine

'We don't identify Christianity or Judaism completely by their fundamentalists. This is a book that helps us to free the Muslim community from the stupid prejudices and ignorant labels currently waved around. In her funny and insightful book, Nasreen Akhtar takes us into the heart and mind of a Muslim woman who wants to get married, and who, on the way, discovers the beautiful spirituality of her religion. No fanatics. No prejudices. Lots of laughs and some tears --Dr Joy Manné, editor, The Healing Breath

BOOK OF THE MONTH Rejecting the traditional tea and samosas approach, usually favoured by parents when they are matchmaking for their children, 'Catch a Fish from the Sea (Using the Internet)' is the memoir of one bold Pakistani woman who decided that she would find her own suitable boy by travelling the World Wide Wed. She's young, good-looking and professional, but still potential suitors seem to be in short supply. She tries the conventional approach when they come home and scrutinise her over tea: she tries to avoid sending her picture to men on email hoping they will like her for what she is not just her looks, but this doesn't work either! Then Akhtar meets a man who she falls in love with, but he wants to change her and forever compares her to his past love, before finally leaving her heart broken. However, the intrepid young woman is not to be deterred and finds solace in her Islamic faith. She picks herself up and continues with her quest. This book is fun, engaging and honest. --Asian Woman magazine, Issue 36 (May 2008)

Présentation de l'éditeur

Takes readers into the uncertain world of internet dating. Nasreen Akhtar is a 30-something single British Asian who is well past her cultural best-before date. After years of shying away from all things marital, she discovers an unexpected yearning for love. Following a toe-curling interview (""What is your name, Nasreen?"") for an arranged marriage, the author turns to the web for the one ""extraordinary guy who would be happy with an ordinary girl"". Amid the joy and heartbreak, she finds friendship, faith and a belief that fate must run its course.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Greenbirds
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0955521416
• ISBN 13: 9780955521416
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 331
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible