Amina: The Silent One (Paperback)

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Book Overview

2015–2016 Reader Views Literary Awards — Global Award for Asia
2015–2016 Reader Views Literary Awards — Winner 1st Place General Fiction/Novel
2016 Readers’ Favorite International Book Award — Bronze Medal
Foreword Reviews’ 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award — Finalist Multicultural (Adult Fiction)
2015 New Apple Book Awards — Medalist Winner in the eBook General Fiction
2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards — Finalist Novella Category
Short-listed in the 2016 Book Viral Book Awards
55 Best Self-Published Books of 2015 — IndieReader
4th Annual Beverly Hills International Book Awards — Winner in Regional Fiction
2016 IAN Book of the Year Awards — Finalist General Fiction
2016 IAN Book of the Year Awards — Finalist Novella
2015 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award — Category Fiction
2015 New England Book Festival — Honorable Mention in Regional Literature
2016 Pacific Rim Book Festival — Runner-Up Regional Literature
2016 Hollywood Book Festival — Honorable Mention (Wild Card Entry)
2016 Great Midwest Book Festival — Runner-Up Regional Literature

About the book

Amina: The Silent One is the story of a musical prodigy born in the slums of Mumbai and her journey into hell. Born to Jaffer and his wife, Amina is their third female child, and they want to get rid of her. But sage advice from a professor of history changes their minds. This is the story about how poverty, sexual debasement, and sexual abuse is meted out to Amina, and how music can sometimes melt a heart of stone. Can Amina overcome the poverty she’s been born into, her second-class status as a woman, and the sexual abuse she is made to withstand? Or will she sink into anonymity? This novella will get under your skin and stay with you for years to come.

Reviews

“Author Fiza Pathan prods our social conscience as she gives us an electric shock of delectable fiction.”—Margaret Virany, author of The Book of Kells: Growing Up in an Ego Void
“Fast-paced and intense, this book is well plotted and will keep readers turning pages.”—The Booklife Prize
“A powerfully gripping tale told by Fiza Pathan, Amina: The Silent One will fire up reader’s emotions while bringing them to tears.”—Authors Talk About It
“A truly remarkable work of fiction that touches heart and mind, Amina: The Silent One is sure to engender much thought and discussion.”—Book Viral
“Amina: The Silent One by Fiza Pathan is one of the most socially relevant books on the market today in my opinion, and I highly recommend it. I could not put this book down. I was totally captivated throughout the entire story, and Amina and her family will be in my head, and on my heart for some time to come.”—Reader Views
“Pathan paints a visceral image of slum life, and her likeable protagonist Amina helps to draw a reader in who might otherwise be ignorant to such an experience. The beautiful novel is an important read thanks to the issues it illustrates that so many women face not just in India, but in other parts of the world as well.”—Extract from “6 Titles to Help Diversify Your Reads” by Joe Sutton for IndieReader
“Pathan has a captivating writing style. The characters she creates are totally real to the reader, and the world in which they live becomes very vivid too.”—Readers’ Favorite
“It feels as though she hasn’t written a fictional story, but rather has pulled back the curtains on a grim reality to let the reader experience what it is like to have hope in a land in which despondency reigns.”—The US Review of Books
“AMINA: THE SILENT ONE is a beautiful and thought-provoking novel that shines light on important issues facing women in India today.”—IndieReader