Loving and loss are universal. I had to look up quite a few unfamiliar word, but it was well worth the effort. ( )

The second in the trilogy, this novel takes up a decade after The Golden Age - Soheil has become ultra-religious and Maya has become a doctor. Both are dealing with the aftermath of the war and the loss - in part - of their ideals. The Good Muslim doesn't have the structural elegance of The Golden Age but it's a wonderful continuation of the story and characters who I'd grown to care about very much. ( )

(8.5) This book continues the story of Rehana and her children Sohail and Maya, now adults who fought as freedom fighters in the nine month war. The book looks at the impact the war had on these individuals and their country. A heartfelt story as they come to terms with the changes wrought in their lives and relationships. ( )

An engrossing and excellently portrayed story of the effects of war upon the individual, the variety of coping mechanisms and the disaster wrought by silence. The characters are well developed. ( )

The Good Muslim, by Tahmima Anam.

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A moving novel by a woman from Bangladesh exploring how people coped after their war for independence is won.

In her first fine novel, A Golden Age, Tahmima Anam told the story of a mother and her two college-age children during the war for independence in Bangladesh. In this novel Anam follows the same family after the war has ended but its scars remain. The book moves back and forth through time, recounting what happened when the war ended and the problems that still festered a decade later when the mother’s illness and the problems of Sohail’s son force a new resolution. Although a sequel, The Good Muslim stands alone and does not require readers to have read the first novel. As in her first novel, Anam writes with great power, bringing readers to feel what her characters are experiencing.

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