Overview
A'isha is fifteen years old and lives in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Her homosexuality and plans to leave her village to pursue higher education and world travel are counter to her father's staunch Islamic faith--although he sustains a closeted, albeit rumored relationship with his business partner, Amir. When A'isha declares her goals and love for her girlfriend, she is tossed onto the street, left to battle cultural mores and social hypocrisy that threaten her dreams and escape. Tsewang is a sixteen-year-old boy from the Kingdom of Bhutan. He runs away from a monastery to escape the abuse he has endured, and to find his mother. In his search, he has several encounters that force him to deal with the conflict between who he has learned to be and who he truly is--especially when he meets a smooth-talking drug dealer who manipulates him into smuggling betel nuts into India. Through the alternating tales of two distinct yet parallel lives, BEHIND JAGGED EDGES OF SILHOUETTE TREES lends voice to the journey of self-discovery and to the common threads that transcend gender, sexuality, and cultural expectations in our quest for authenticity.
Full Product Details
Author: Stacy Elena Rogers
Publisher: Stacy Elena Rogers Publishing, LLC
Imprint: Stacy Elena Rogers Publishing, LLC
Dimensions:
Width: 13.30cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.463kg
ISBN: 9798218457549
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 23 September 2024
Audience:
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
A brilliant and thoroughly engaging literary masterpiece! I hung onto every word as it pulled me into the places, the characters, and the feelings that each experienced. I couldn't put it down for very long because as soon as I did... the pages beckoned me right back. Rushing to complete it but hoping it would last... a must-read! Reviewed in the United States April 28, 2024 A Must Read. Hats off to the author Stacy Elena Rogers. She has found a unique, beautiful, and sensitive way, to bring to the fore, the gender issues, obstacles, and pressures affecting our youth, here at home and in other parts of the world. I hope Ms. Rogers will consider having her novel translated into Spanish. Thus giving the Latin community the opportunity to relate, appreciate, and enjoy her book as well. Brilliant work! E.O. Fletcher Reviewed in the United States April 18, 2024 This page-turner can't be missed! It will delight you and inspire you! Stacy E. Rogers knocked my socks off with this debut novel. A page-turner that interweaves the complex coming-of-age story of a young man, Tsewang, with that of a young woman, A'isha, one growing up in the Moroccan mountains and the other in Bhutan. Their parallel stories unfold in crisp prose paired with exquisite attention to detail that captures both the cultural specificity of the two settings along with the ultimate universality of our common experiences. This is one book that can't be missed! Donna Spiegelman, Yale University Reviewed in the United States April 4, 2024
Author Information
Stacy is a graduate of Teachers College, Columbia University where she earned a Master of Education and a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology. A world traveler, Stacy has spent time in the Himalayas, the Andes, the High Atlas Mountains, and Southeast Asia. BEHIND JAGGED EDGES OF SILHOUETTE TREES is her debut novel.
