Sidhwa, Bapsi creator text Lahore, Pakistan ILQA Publication 2016 monographic 340 Pages 20x13 cm PB Feroza Ginwalla, a pampered, protected 16-year-old Pakistani girl, is sent to America by her parents, who are alarmed by the fundamentalism overtaking Pakistan? and their daughter. Hoping that a few months with her uncle, an MIT grad student, will soften the girl's rigid thinking, they get more than they bargained for: Feroza, enthralled by American culture and her new freedom, insists on staying. A bargain is struck, allowing Feroza to attend college with the understanding that she will return home and marry well. As a student in a small western town, Feroza's perceptions of America, he. Bapsi Sidhwa Teenage girls Pakistani Americans Pakistani American teenage girls 823 9789696400752