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Bhathena, Tanaz

A Girl like That

378 pp. | Farrar | February, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-0-374-30544-4 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-374-30545-1
(3) YA Two teens originally from Mumbai--troublemaker Zarin (a half-Hindu and -Parsi girl) and Porus (a Parsi boy)--die in a car accident in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Told from their points of view before and after death, together with the narratives of local Muslim teenagers, this novel about the constraints of gender, sexual assault, and family conflicts in a theocratic world is complex and multifaceted. Glos.
Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

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