Publisher's Synopsis
"His name was Momin. I was fourteen and he was twenty-eight. Within the next few weeks, he became my husband."On a fateful day in 1950s India, a studious little girl Husna returns gleefully from school scoring top grades in her class again. Excited to tell her parents she returns only to discover that her world is about to change.Growing up blissfully in the lively city of minarets Hyderabad and surrounded by her loving family, Husna faces a new reality as she becomes a child bride, a traditional norm at the time, but in doing so learns a family secret that will haunt her forever. Obedient and innocent Husna's life is further tested when she migrates with her husband Momin to the unfamiliar world of London. As a young mother of five, far away from home with no relatives to support her, she learns to make tough decisions to ensure the safety and wellbeing of herself and her children as her husband's true nature continues to unravel.This is the raw, intimate and painful true story of a woman who struggles with circumstances out of her power, but through her unshakeable spirit finds the courage and guidance to change the course of her destiny.
