Sirens of Memory

By: Puja Guha

Narrated by: Samira Amani

Mariam is pregnant and fleeing an abusive marriage as the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait begins. Leaving her husband, Tareq, for dead, she crosses the border and is evacuated with the help of Raj, whom she meets at a refugee camp and who suggests she assume the identity of his dead wife so she can be issued Indian papers.

Twenty-five years later, Mariam is still living under the identity of Raj’s Indian wife in the US. In an attempt to put her past to rest, she attends an event commemorating the anniversary of the invasion at the Kuwaiti embassy. Also in attendance is Tareq, miraculously still alive, who had assumed his wife was killed in the invasion decades before. Angry and obsessed, he begins planning his revenge. The confrontation that follows forces Mariam to confront her past as a victim and decide who she really is, once and for all.

©2021 Puja Guha (P)2021 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Loved everything about this book!

Great book. Loved the story and characters. It flowed beautifully between the present and the past.

Summary

This book did a good job regarding the mental and physical abuse of domestic violence.