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Title Statement | Brick lane / [electronic resource]. Monica Ali. |
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Author | Ali, Monica |
Additional Contributors | Sastre, Elizabeth |
Publication | Prince Frederick: HighBridge Audio, 2003. |
Edition | Abridged. |
Extent of Item | 1 online resource (10 audio files) |
ISBN | 9781598871258 (sound recording) |
General Notes | Abridged. |
Performance Credits | Narrator: Elizabeth Sastre. |
Audience & Ratings | Text Difficulty 3 660 |
System Details | Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser. |
Summary | Set in the gritty Tower Hamlets area of East London, Brick Laneis the story of Nazneen, an Asian immigrant girl and how she deals with issues of love, cultural differences and the human spirit. Nazneen is forced into an arranged marriage with a much older man whose expectations of life are miserably low. When they flee the oppression of their Bangladeshi village for a high-rise block in the East End, she finds herself cloistered and dependent on her husband. It soon becomes apparent that of the two, she is the real survivor and more able to deal with the ways of the world and the vagaries of human behavior. Through her friendship with another Asian girl, she begins to understand the unsettling ways of her new homeland. |
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By Genre | Electronic books |
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