{"product_id":"womanhood","title":"Womanhood","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWomanhood \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the book you didn't know you needed on your bedside table. Tahmina Begum writes for anyone who seeks hope and self-discovery while tethered to a patriarchal norm that too often prevents them from being the main character of their own story.' - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHafsa Lodi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWomanhood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a beautiful and empathetic portrayal of Muslim feminine identity, community and belonging, and a life-affirming tonic in an increasingly fractured world.' - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSharlene Teo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Rich and deeply personal. I adored it and read it in one sitting.' - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eShahed Ezaydi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'I can't think of anyone better placed to share our stories with the world.' - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eZeba Talkhani, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eauthor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMy Past Is A Foreign Country\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'At once intimate and expansive, Begum's lyrical debut gives South Asian Muslim women something they are too often denied on the page: the freedom to be complicated.' - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAlya Mooro, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eauthor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Greater Freedom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e***\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLove. Friendship. Family. Faith.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcross eight years and thousands of hours of interviews, Tahmina Begum followed the lives of Noor, Khaira and Moumita: three women living at a crossroads, each weighing the cost of being a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGood Woman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWomanhood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, she invites us into their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNoor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e longs for a marriage that mirrors the loyalty of her parents' world and the openness of her own. After a long negotiation between her heart and faith, she decides to leave the man who is perfect in every way but one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eKhaira,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e once the girl in bedazzled jeans and heeled sandals, is twenty years into a life built at great cost. Expectations written long before her birth have shaped her into someone she no longer recognises. Now, she must decide who she wants to become.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMoumita\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e strives to be a modern woman even as tradition tugs at her. When a cherished friendship fractures, she begins to question where friendship belongs in a life so often defined by marriage and family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTogether, their stories illuminate questions that resonate far beyond their own stories. What do we inherit from the women who came before us? How do we balance duty with desire?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRichly observed and profoundly moving, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWomanhood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e is an unforgettable exploration of identity, belonging and how we find our way home to ourselves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Tahmina Begum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67963667906620,"sku":"9781398718357","price":4135.5,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9781398718357.jpg?v=1794395631","url":"https:\/\/libertybooks.com\/products\/womanhood","provider":"Liberty Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}