Ayesha's gift : a daughter's search for the truth about her father /
Sixsmith, Martin.
Ayesha's gift : a daughter's search for the truth about her father / Martin Sixsmith. - London : Simon & Schuster, 2017. - vii, 325 pages ; 24 cm.
From the author of the bestselling 'Philomena', made into the award-winning film starring Steve Coogan and Judi Dench, comes the story of a young woman, born in Pakistan, living in Britain, whose life is thrown into desperate turmoil by the violent death of her father. The Pakistani authorities talk of suicide, but why would Ayesha's happy, gentle father kill himself? Ayesha's quest to find the truth takes her right away from her safe London existence where She meets with threats, intimidation and smiling perjurers who resent her intrusion into their world.
9781471149757 (hbk.) : 18.99 1471149757 (hbk.) : 18.99
Pakistanis--Great Britain.
Fathers and daughters.
Murder--Pakistan.
Pakistan--Social conditions.
Society.
Society.
DA125.S57
306.8742 SIX
Ayesha's gift : a daughter's search for the truth about her father / Martin Sixsmith. - London : Simon & Schuster, 2017. - vii, 325 pages ; 24 cm.
From the author of the bestselling 'Philomena', made into the award-winning film starring Steve Coogan and Judi Dench, comes the story of a young woman, born in Pakistan, living in Britain, whose life is thrown into desperate turmoil by the violent death of her father. The Pakistani authorities talk of suicide, but why would Ayesha's happy, gentle father kill himself? Ayesha's quest to find the truth takes her right away from her safe London existence where She meets with threats, intimidation and smiling perjurers who resent her intrusion into their world.
9781471149757 (hbk.) : 18.99 1471149757 (hbk.) : 18.99
Pakistanis--Great Britain.
Fathers and daughters.
Murder--Pakistan.
Pakistan--Social conditions.
Society.
Society.
DA125.S57
306.8742 SIX