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Like a Bird audiobook
- By: Fariha Roisin
- Narrator: Ariana Delawari
- Category: Contemporary Women, Fiction
- Length: 12 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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Like a Bird Audiobook Summary
Like a Bird is the reckoning of a life force–or in Taylia Chatterjee’s opinion, a forced life. The daughter of a white, over-proactive American mother and a stern, intellectual Indian father, Taylia navigates a world constantly challenged by standards she never agreed to. She resents her father’s submission to assimilation, and his shameless chasing of the idyllic American Dream; she scoffs at her mother’s display of faux humanitarianism and her subtle self-proclaimed courage for marrying a “savage” (in Taylia’s opinion). But Taylia’s greatest umbrage is reserved for herself–and, like most girls budding into womanhood, the hatred for her own body (and her incapability to connect with anyone on any level) becomes the driving force.
Taylia’s sister Alyssa, on the other hand, is not like most girls. An heiress to the white-girl hierarchy, Alyssa has everything that Taylia lacks: the white-girl skin, the white-girl name, the white-girl joie de vivre–the quintessential “I wish I could be her” poster girl of the Upper West Side. Taylia fights to accept this unfair hand that was dealt to her, slipping in and out of her internal sufferings–often interrupted by apparitions of her deceased dadi-ma–to find there are very few clear answers as to why happiness is given so generously to some but deprived to others.
But after a series of most unforgivable events, Taylia is forced to reconcile her false perceptions of happiness and seek out her own definitions of what life means. And it is through that heartfelt journey–and through Roisin’s painfully honest and raw prose–that we see Taylia’s healing process begin.
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Like a Bird Audiobook Narrator
Ariana Delawari is the narrator of Like a Bird audiobook that was written by Fariha Roisin
Ariana Delawari, an Earphones Award-winning narrator, is a musician, director, and actress. A graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, she directed We Came Home, an award-winning documentary about her journeys to Afghanistan since 9/11, the making of her album “Lion of Panjshir,” and her family story. She recently became the first female of Afghan descent to perform rock music live in Afghanistan in over thirty years. She is also a member of the LA Ladies Choir and was recently a speaker and performer at the inaugural TEDx Kabul.
About the Author(s) of Like a Bird
Fariha Roisin is the author of Like a Bird
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Like a Bird Full Details
| Narrator | Ariana Delawari |
| Length | 12 hours 7 minutes |
| Author | Fariha Roisin |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Blackstone Publishing |
| Release date | April 26, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9781982558857 |
Subjects
The publisher of the Like a Bird is Blackstone Publishing. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Contemporary Women, Fiction
Additional info
The publisher of the Like a Bird is Blackstone Publishing. The imprint is Blackstone Publishing. It is supplied by Blackstone Publishing. The ISBN-13 is 9781982558857.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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