I just finished the audiobook of “A place for us” a novel by Fatima Farheen Mirza about the immigrant experience of an Indian-Muslim-American family and the trials and tribulations of holding onto your culture and faith in the US. I don’t understand how 1/
It’s actually not. We are constantly told that he’s terrific and never given any evidence of it. Why is he a screw up? Because his sister didn’t support him when he tried to cheat on a test. Why does he do drugs? Because he’s misunderstood. About what tho?