Title: Skyfall
Author: Saba Karim Khan
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Length: 283 pages
Edition: Paperback/Kindle
#qotd: Who is the kindest person you know?
It's really hard to believe that it is author's debut book, But it is. An award winning filmmaker and a educator Saba karim khan poured her heart out while writing this book and while reading you can feel the efforts she put into the book.
Story is set up in Pakistan and NY, it is based on a girl Rania, Born in Heera mandi a famous red light district of Lahore. She is a fighter, by profession she is a tour-guide and a marvelous singer by night. Rania's father is a pimp, he sells her mother's body and also forcing his daughter to do the same.
But Rania is not the one who suffers silently, She decided to speak up and she did. on a normal day while serving as a tour-guide , She met with Asher, A indian filmmaker. Asher encourage her to pursue her dream, but how? What are the consequences when her father got to know about them? What will happen with her ?Will she able to survive? to know about all these things go and grab the book .
its not just an ordinary story , it is the story of Struggle for an individual's freedom, It is the story of harassment, Terrorism , love and the pain of suffering, the story of seeking justice for the lost loved ones.
The book is divided into three parts: Nightfall, Day and Dawn. Language is comprehensible . Writing style is perfect. i would highly recommend this book to everyone, Do give it a read please.
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