Description
In the febrile streets of downtown Karachi, a young woman named Alice Bhatti—sharp, stubborn, and determined to do right—finds herself at the center of a struggle that is both intimate and systemic. When her hopes for a nursing career collide with the realities of power, prejudice, and bureaucratic indifference, Alice’s search for dignity becomes a test of what love and compassion can survive. With dark humor and a humane, humanist sensibility, the novel traces thwarted ambitions and second chances as lives intersect in unexpected, often tender ways. Blending social observation with moral urgency, it asks how ordinary people endure, resist, and keep their humanity when the world insists on reducing them to roles.
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paperback
Alfred A. Knopf
Published Jan 1, 2012
239 pages
ISBN: 9780307958310
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Details
First Published
2012
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif.