Life made its pattern around and beneath and through her.

Monica Ali


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And the city itself was just a glow on the dark earth...

Monica Ali


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She had another English word. She carried it all the way down the corridor.

Monica Ali


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The boys wore jeans, or tracksuits with big ticks on them as if their clothing had been marked by a teacher who valued, above all else, conformity.

Monica Ali


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Nishi's sister, who was sixteen years old, had gone for a "holiday" in Sylhet and returned six months later with a husband and a swelling belly. Nishi, strong on forward-planning skills, was taking evasive action: she was going on a holiday of her own and she would return when she was twenty-five. At that ancient age the danger of marriage was over.

Monica Ali


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