Better Left Unsaid by Tufayel Ahmed

England, but a very different England to what I have any experience of. Expectations on what boys should do and how girls should behave and strive for, as set by generations of Bangladeshi ancestors. 

When you don't fit the norm and break free, as in Sumaya's case by moving to New York and creating her own life there - free from the expectations of accepting an arranged marriage and be a stay at home wife breeding children. 

When you follow the rules, but are miserable and having to endure constant micro aggressors at work and a wife who's not interested in you, or in living for that matter, like Imran. 

Or when you focus on your studies as university, like Majid, making friends with likeminded people of lots of different nationalities - where values and priorities are more important than family traditions and expectations. 

Three siblings, three different lives, but all coming together when disaster strikes.

Thank you for writing an eye opening book amongst the heavily white, western stories that are available on NetGalley and Amazon!

This book will be available in September 2023.

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