![]() ![]() ![]() Now aged 18, Nazneen has been married for six months. ![]() The story resumes in London, England in the year 1985. Nazneen agrees to marry the man her father chooses for her, even though she is secretly disappointed that he is unattractive and much older than her. This is an unconventional act at a time when most girls have arranged marriages. When Hasina is 16 years old, she runs away to marry a man of her choosing. Rupban and Hamid eventually have a second daughter, Hasina, who is notable for her beauty. To everyone's surprise, Nazneen survives. Rupban, supported by her husband Hamid and her sister-in-law Mumtaz, decides not to seek medical attention and see what fate holds for her daughter. Nazneen is frail and weak, and Rupban is given the choice to either send her infant daughter to a hospital, or wait and see. Rupban unexpectedly goes into premature labor and gives birth to a daughter, Nazneen. The novel opens in 1967 in East Pakistan (territory which will later become the country of Bangladesh). ![]()
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