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Six women from Mangalore undergo life-changing experiences in the pursuit of love, belonging, justice and relief from perpetual pain. Iqra, April, Luna, Margo, Turquoise and Zina are unravelling in a man's world, failing to find a centre to hold onto. April is conflicted between finding the one and shattering glass ceilings. Turquoise's tummy hurts and she hates the world. Iqra has irrevocably fallen in love, and Zina's worldview is profoundly shattering. Luna is fearfully avoiding her uncle, and Margo suddenly starts throwing up one day... Nine Lives of Sophia is a stirring and poignant tale woven across time, epistemologies, and people.
This novel is a bold and raw exploration of the depth of womanhood, and just how shared the oppressive patriarchal experience is. This novel is botha mirrorand a rebellion. As the women's stories unfold, wesee the invisible threads that bind them and raise theaching question: Can a woman ever be truly free in aworld that refuses to see her whole?
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Naiema Hanif
Naiema grew up in the coastal city of Mangalore amidst the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea. She obsesses over affordable Swiss furniture, loves plush toys, hates the monkeys on her balcony, laments about the apathy in the world, the capitalistic order of things, and the caging patriarchy that refuses to let go. Naiema began writing as a teen, though this is her first published book. In another life, she might've been a journalist or a lawyer; in this one, she holds up an unflinching mirror to life through her words. She is currently pursuing her Master's in Arts, working at an Al startup, building an invisible disabilities advocacy community, and is an aspiring professor.
