{"product_id":"outside-women-hardcover","title":"Outside Women - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoohi Choudhry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eWould you risk your own life to pursue justice for a stranger?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eTwo migrant women--separated by geographies and generations--face this same devastating choice.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLured away from her home in 1890s India, Sita is brought to South Africa as an indentured servant--one among millions funneled by the British to replace the recently abolished slave trade. One hundred years later, Hajra, a Pakistani scholar, is forced to flee to New York City from her home in Peshawar after witnessing a violent act meant to target her. She loses herself in academic research until she comes face-to-face with a photo of a laughing, defiant young woman brandishing a banner in protest. Inexorably drawn to this woman, Hajra travels to South Africa to learn more and unknowingly traces Sita's path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith raw imagery and rich sensory detail, Roohi Choudhry's incandescent debut novel \u003ci\u003eOutside Women\u003c\/i\u003e intertwines the narratives of two women painfully yet valiantly carving their existences outside of patriarchal and colonial spaces as they search for kinship and strength in solidarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eRoohi Choudhry \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Pakistan and grew up in southern Africa. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan and is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship and residencies at Hedgebrook and Djerassi. She worked as a researcher in criminal justice reform and public health, wrote for the United Nations, and facilitates creative writing workshops for community organizations. Her stories and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCallaloo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLongreads, \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Find her online at roohichoudhry.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 9.22 x 6.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43485607723097,"sku":"9781985901964","price":39.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/BAXQNHwnJd9781985901964.webp?v=1782805965","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/fr\/products\/outside-women-hardcover","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}