![]() ![]() The baby was taken from her instantly Salma had no opportunity to suckle her. She gave birth on the prison floor to a girl she named Layla. Salma turned to her teacher, who had her put in prison so her tribe would not kill her. On learning of her pregnancy, he disowned her. In her early teens she and her boyfriend Hamdan became lovers. She lived a simple life with her Bedouin Muslim family, herding goats. Faqir’s purpose is to show just how tenuous Salma’s life in England is, and as details of her past trickle out, we understand why. Then and now, in Jordan and England, Salma and Sally wink at us like a hologram. ![]() ![]() The Jordanian-British Faqir narrates her third novel in short takes, alternating past and present. The woman’s name is Salma in her native land (probably Jordan). Pregnant, unmarried and sentenced to death by her family, a young Arab woman eventually escapes from the Middle East and starts over in England. ![]()
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