In My Own Name: An Autobiography

by Sharan-Jeet Shan

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0704339749
• ISBN13: 9780704339743
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Women's Press (UK)
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Love conquers all barriers...

This story is a moving account of a woman's 'forbidden' love affair with a contemporary student which survives their subsequent marriages and international relocation. The author describes the pressures placed upon her by her family to forego both career and partner for the sake of keeping 'family honour'. She is 'persuaded' to marry into a traditional Indian arranged marriage and eventually emigrates to Britain. Despite the incompatibility of this relationship, Shan establishes herself as a mother and teacher. But her loss remains and she continues to search for her former lover. There is a moving account of her re-acquaintance with the former lover (by now an established doctor) and the realisation that life moves on. This is a sincere and touching story which must have been difficult for the author to write. The description of life in India and Britain is vivid and adds both interest and contrast for the reader. In particular, the difference in cultures and personal values is highlighted and leaves the reader with much to ponder upon well after finishing the book.