About the Book: Riot Widows
Ravaged by successive riots, the terms of life in a shantytown are dictated by
its women who lead a widowed existence since their men are locked up in prison
on murder charges. In the despondency and squalor of the dingy lanes, Nafsan is
hope, the idea of another day. She radically departs from the rebel-woman
stereotype in her dare to aim high without rejecting the reality of her
circumstances. The beautiful medical student with the ambition to earn greater
recognition and respectability, however, is ruggedly loyal to the festering slum
where she belongs. The defiant girl leads protests against the big-business move
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