The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali
By: Uzma Aslam Khan
3.99
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
Nomi and Zee are Local Borns—their father a convict condemned by the British to the Andaman Islands…
Want to Read $ 9.49"Somewhere in the great sky beyond this sky of planes was a star made entirely of words. And on the star lived as many different kinds of words as birds in all the skies, fish in all the seas, and clay patterns in all the hands of adoring women. Some words were cautious as the crabs nesting on the beach. Others, bold as the giant hornbills prattling in the trees. Then there were those that made no sound, but were equally fearless, folding their arms and waiting for her to sit on their lap. The prisoner who was no longer a prisoner was gathering all these many words to herself and would speak them, if there were but someone to listen, even a little."-Uzma Aslam Khan, The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali
"Somewhere in the great sky beyond this sky of planes was a star made entirely of words. And on the star lived as many different kinds of words as birds in all the skies, fish in all the seas, and clay patterns in all the hands of adoring women. Some words were cautious as the crabs nesting on the beach. Others, bold as the giant hornbills prattling in the trees. Then there were those that made no sound, but were equally fearless, folding their arms and waiting for her to sit on their lap. The prisoner who was no longer a prisoner was gathering all these many words to herself and would speak them, if there were but someone to listen, even a little."-Uzma Aslam Khan, The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali
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21. The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali
By: Uzma Aslam Khan
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Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
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