Book description
When Salma becomes pregnant before marriage in her small village in
the Levant, her innocent days playing the pipe for her goats are gone
for ever. She is swept into prison for her own protection. To the
sound of her screams, her newborn baby daughter is snatched away.
In the middle of the most English of towns, Exeter, she learns good
manners from her landlady, and settles down with an Englishman. But
deep in her heart the cries of her baby daughter still echo. When she
can bear them no longer, she goes back to her village to find her. It
is a journey that will change everything - and nothing.
Slipping back and forth between the olive groves of the Levant and
the rain-slicked pavements of Exeter, My Name is Salma is a
searing portrayal of a woman's courage in the face of insurmountable odds.
Fadia Faqir is a Jordanian/British writer and defender of human
rights, especially women's rights in the Arab world. She is the author
of two other novels, Nisanit and Pillars of Salt. In
1990 the University of East Anglia awarded her the first Ph. D in
Critical and Creative Writing. Brought up in Amman she now lives with
her husband in Durham.
For more information please visit www. fadiafaqir. com
