Ayesha's gift : a daughter's search for the truth about her father /
by Sixsmith, Martin.
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BookPublisher: London : Simon & Schuster, 2017Description: vii, 325 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781471149757 (hbk.) :; 1471149757 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 306.8742 SIXSubject(s): Pakistanis -- Great Britain | Fathers and daughters | Murder -- Pakistan | Pakistan -- Social conditions | Society | SocietySummary: 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.
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| 306.8742 JAC Diary of a desperate dad: | 306.8742 MIL Fathers / | 306.8742 MIT Don't ask me about my dad / | 306.8742 SIX Ayesha's gift : a daughter's search for the truth about her father / | 306.8742 VIN The good, the dad and the ugly: | 306.8743 AGA (M)otherhood : on the choices of being a woman / | 306.8743 BOY Mama still got it! : how to make it through the calpol years without losing yourself / |
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.
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