Khadijah is a young girl, who is 13 years old. She has a beautiful voice, and a heart as pure as the color white. But as people get older, things change. Innocence diminishes, and new questions arise. Khadijah is on a journey to adulthood, as the years pass, she forms a great desire to find herself and to find her lord, to discover the reality of life. The society around her is forever changing, and everyone seems to be doing the opposite of what she had been taught as a child. Through this adversity, she struggles to keep her morals, and faith and to find herself. Tragedies strike, friendships form and love arises. The journey of her life as a young Muslim girl, is an enchanting an insightful tale of hardship and love.
Side note: There may be a few terms in this book, that some people who are not of the same origin, might not be familiar with. It will be easy to catch on the meanings in the story, but if not there is always google :)
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Hawwa Shikder wanted to search for a husband at the age of eighteen as she desired to get married as soon as possible within her early twenties. But her family declined her wish as they wanted her to prioritize her university education. Few months later, Hawwa's paternal grandmother changed her mind and wished for Hawwa to get married. Hawwa revealed she was interested in Wing Commader Qibriyah Haque, a childless widower nineteen years older than her.
Khadija expressed her wish of getting Hawwa married to Qibriyah directly to Qibriyah himself. But he refused to marry Hawwa as he didn't want to remarry and she was too young for him. Thus, with the help of a matchmaker began Hawwa's husband search elsewhere.
Later, due to his several years of parent-child-like attachment with Khadija, Qibriyah started to visit a psychologist to address his trust issues with marriage and to see if a marriage with a woman nineteen years younger was possible for him. Finally, he proposed to court Hawwa and Hawwa accepted his proposal.
But given his trust issues and their age gap, will their courtship lead to a marriage which will be Hawwa dreamed of?