Zara Chowdhary, THE LUCKY ONES - MKE Muslim Women's Coaltion/Boswell event

Boswell Book Company presents an evening with Zara Chowdhary, author of The Lucky Ones: A Memoir. Chowdhary is the recipient of the Pearl Hogrefe Prize in Creative Nonfiction, Iowa State University Research Excellence Award 2020 for the Lucky Ones.

from Boswell. Signed copies and personalization available on pre-orders. Please note that signed copies will not be shipped until after the event.

The Lucky Ones traces the past of a multigenerational Muslim family to India’s brave but bloody origins, a segregated city’s ancient past, and the lingering hurt causing bloodshed on the streets. Symphonic interludes offer glimpses into the precious, ordinary lives of Muslims, all locked together in a crumbling apartment building in the city’s old quarters, with their ability to forgive and find laughter, to offer grace even as the world outside, and their place in it, falls apart.

“Chowdhary’s timely debut memoir, The Lucky Ones, is a moving account of how she and her family survived more than twenty years of anti-Muslim violence in India. . . . A harrowing survivor’s tale, an important history lesson, and a desperate warning from someone who has seen the tragic effects of ethnic violence.”—Time

Zara Chowdhary is a writer and lecturer at the University of Wisconsin. She has an MFA in creative writing and environment from Iowa State University and has previously written for documentary television, advertising, and film. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her partner, child, and two cats.

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