Book Reading :The Girl From Foreign April 4, 2009

The publication of the book- The Girl from Foreign with author Sadia Shepard. About the book - In this moving memoir, Sadia Shepard travels to India to unlock her family's secret past. Raised by a Muslim mother from Pakistan and a white Protestant father from Colorado, Sadia grew up in the US straddling different worlds. Then she discovered a family secret-her beloved grandmother was not a Muslim like the rest of her Pakistani family, but a descendant of a tiny, 2000-year-old Bene Israel Jewish community in India that considers itself one of the lost tribes of Israel. Interweaving the sounds and sights of present day Mumbai and Karachi with memories of an undivided India, Sadia recounts her journey to uncover a remarkable story of forbidden love, lost histories and above all, eye-opening self-discovery. Entry: Free.