Nsfisa Haji's powerful novel "The Sweetness of Tears" crosses cultures, continents, and traditions in its familiar themes of family, love, acceptance, and forgiveness. Throughout the pages of Haji's novel, she weaves a story both compelling and moving. Weather the plot takes you to Pakistan, Iraq, or America weather in Urdu, Arabic or English, "The Sweetness of Tears" ,moves the reader to understanding and inspires detailed imagery.
Jo March, a young American woman with a twin brother Chris, grew up in a Christian Dynasty, starts yo have doubts and ask some very important, life changing questions, the answers change the course of her life. As she follows her passion for languages the War on Terror interrupts her plans, leading her to investigate the mystery of her heritage, which leads her on a journey across cultures, introducing her to family she never knew existed, and gives her an appreciation of religions and an understanding of what real faith is.
Jo learns the details of both sides of her families' lives and how it all comes together to lead to her and Chris's birth. Through this journey, both the reader and Jo learn of stories of pain, loss, love, family dysfunction, and secrets that affect her families' histories. "The Sweetness of Tears" is everything a reader wants a novel to be; exciting, educational, inspiring, and moving. Nafisa Haji hits a home run in her second novel and I look forward to reading more from her.
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