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Farah Farah from Toronto wrote on October 10, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Farah Wednesday, 10/10/07, 12:57 PM Hi Shauna, I just wanted to commend you on an incredible accomplishment. The Tiger Claw is by far the best book I have read this year. You have a magical knack of breathing life into your characters and weaving together stories with such poetic eloquence that it brings tears to my eyes. It has inspired me to write my own fictional tale of a Pakistani Muslim woman who did everything "right" and somehow wound up in unimaginable circumstances, which I feel many of us deal with yet are afraid to admit it to. It would give me great pleasure to discuss my story with you and have you give your comments, critisism and advice. So if you do reply to your messages, I hope you would reply to this one. I can't wait to read "We are Not in Pakistan" Thank you, Farah From: Toronto Email: kokodevo@hotmail.com Regarding (Title): The Tiger Claw
Farah Wednesday, 10/10/07, 12:57 PM Hi Shauna, I just wanted to commend you on an incredible accomplishment. The Tiger Claw is by far the best book I have read this year. You have a magical knack of breathing life into your characters and weaving together stories with such poetic eloquence that it brings tears to my eyes. It has inspired me to write my own fictional tale of a Pakistani Muslim woman who did everything "right" and somehow wound up in unimaginable circumstances, which I feel many of us deal with yet are afraid to admit it to. It would give me great pleasure to discuss my story with you and have you give your comments, critisism and advice. So if you do reply to your messages, I hope you would reply to this one. I can't wait to read "We are Not in Pakistan" Thank you, Farah From: Toronto Email: kokodevo@hotmail.com Regarding (Title): The Tiger Claw
JYOTI KATHJU JYOTI KATHJU from JODHPUR INDIA wrote on October 4, 2007 at 3:02 pm
JYOTI KATHJU Thursday, 10/4/07, 7:16 AM Dear Shauna,I just loved your website.........I like the way you give cooking tips as well as travel tips to India.........Fantastic!!I studied at Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls' Public School ,Jaipur and what I liked about your travel tips to Jaipur was that you ask people to go and see the school.........great......cheers...jyoti kathju From: JODHPUR INDIA Email: jyotikathju@gmail.com Regarding (Title): everything
JYOTI KATHJU Thursday, 10/4/07, 7:16 AM Dear Shauna,I just loved your website.........I like the way you give cooking tips as well as travel tips to India.........Fantastic!!I studied at Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls' Public School ,Jaipur and what I liked about your travel tips to Jaipur was that you ask people to go and see the school.........great......cheers...jyoti kathju From: JODHPUR INDIA Email: jyotikathju@gmail.com Regarding (Title): everything
Shaheen Sultan Shaheen Sultan from Canada wrote on September 22, 2007 at 2:46 pm
Shaheen Sultan Saturday, 9/22/07, 12:44 PM Exceptional book! Rooted with raw emotions, traversing through different mediums of expression. Heartbreak and honour are just a couple of words to describe, the total expression lies in her characters. As a writer, I feel as though someone else is talking about my own journey, both painstakingly and as well as courage. Here is a fine writer who is able to replenish the soul! From: Canada Email: monsuun_communications@yahoo.ca Regarding (Title): What the body remembers
Shaheen Sultan Saturday, 9/22/07, 12:44 PM Exceptional book! Rooted with raw emotions, traversing through different mediums of expression. Heartbreak and honour are just a couple of words to describe, the total expression lies in her characters. As a writer, I feel as though someone else is talking about my own journey, both painstakingly and as well as courage. Here is a fine writer who is able to replenish the soul! From: Canada Email: monsuun_communications@yahoo.ca Regarding (Title): What the body remembers
Bob Lee Bob Lee from Calgary wrote on September 30, 2006 at 2:51 pm
Bob Lee Wednesday, 9/13/06, 10:04 AM Dear Shauna, Well as usual I am late to the party but enthusiastic nonetheless. I recently picked up your book "What the Body Remembers" (on sale!) at Indigo prior to my summer holiday. I have had a long distance fascination with things "Indian" for a few years now and thought I would give your book a try whilst relaxing on my holiday. Well I absolutely loved the book and found it totally engrossing! I honestly had trouble putting it down and was quickly woven under the spell of Roop-Satya-Sardarji. At first I found myself quite disliking Satya but was broken hearted and missed her so after her sad and tragic death. I tried to identify with Sardarji and see how he managed his home with these two disparate wives and how he sometimes tried to hide his wonderful heart underneath his Oxford-formulated exterior. Loved Cunningham as well!! I just want to thank you for writing such a beautiful story. It has been a long time since I have read one so delightful, so sad and yet, so filled with hopes and dreams. I didn't expect to get so drawn in and involved with the characters. It's going to be hard going back some of the pulp I usually read to give my brain a break from the day-to-day world, but I will certainly be looking for more of your writing and soon! It would be a wonderful treat to see you come to Calgary for a visit sometime soon. Warm Regards, Bob Lee AOL IM: BobLASLP From: Calgary Email: bob.lee@auxsable.com Regarding (Title): What the Body Remembers
Bob Lee Wednesday, 9/13/06, 10:04 AM Dear Shauna, Well as usual I am late to the party but enthusiastic nonetheless. I recently picked up your book "What the Body Remembers" (on sale!) at Indigo prior to my summer holiday. I have had a long distance fascination with things "Indian" for a few years now and thought I would give your book a try whilst relaxing on my holiday. Well I absolutely loved the book and found it totally engrossing! I honestly had trouble putting it down and was quickly woven under the spell of Roop-Satya-Sardarji. At first I found myself quite disliking Satya but was broken hearted and missed her so after her sad and tragic death. I tried to identify with Sardarji and see how he managed his home with these two disparate wives and how he sometimes tried to hide his wonderful heart underneath his Oxford-formulated exterior. Loved Cunningham as well!! I just want to thank you for writing such a beautiful story. It has been a long time since I have read one so delightful, so sad and yet, so filled with hopes and dreams. I didn't expect to get so drawn in and involved with the characters. It's going to be hard going back some of the pulp I usually read to give my brain a break from the day-to-day world, but I will certainly be looking for more of your writing and soon! It would be a wonderful treat to see you come to Calgary for a visit sometime soon. Warm Regards, Bob Lee AOL IM: BobLASLP From: Calgary Email: bob.lee@auxsable.com Regarding (Title): What the Body Remembers
Samir Pandey Samir Pandey from Grande Prairie wrote on September 18, 2006 at 2:50 pm
Samir Panday Monday, 9/18/06, 10:01 AM I just finished reading your book and i can visualise the events depicted in the chilling end as India gets partitioned. For some one like me born after the partition this book gives an insight on the events leading to the inevitable day of August 15,1947. You have captured this moment in history for all the future generations to know about lest someone forgets about the horrors of the 1947 partition of India. From: Grande Prairie Regarding (Title): What the Body Remembers
Samir Panday Monday, 9/18/06, 10:01 AM I just finished reading your book and i can visualise the events depicted in the chilling end as India gets partitioned. For some one like me born after the partition this book gives an insight on the events leading to the inevitable day of August 15,1947. You have captured this moment in history for all the future generations to know about lest someone forgets about the horrors of the 1947 partition of India. From: Grande Prairie Regarding (Title): What the Body Remembers
Suzan Blatt Suzan Blatt from Canada wrote on September 13, 2006 at 2:54 pm
Suzan Blatt Wednesday, 9/13/06, 9:32 AM I have just finished reading The Tiger Claw and finished was the operative word. About 1/3 of the way through the book I was so tense, so sad and so angry that I thought I should put it down. I am one of those readers who can't tolerate the tension and usually flip through the book to get the broad strokes so that i can enjoy a more leisurely read. Well, as you well know, this is no leisurely read. I decided that i had to devote more time to reading the book so that i could get through it more quickly and less painfully. I loved it! It gave a more subtle portrayal of discrimination, arrogance, violence and betrayal, As a Jewish woman of immigrant parents( fortunately came to Canada before the war), i have read a number of holocaust books but none that i remember that gave this portrayal of the French with all their arrogance and hateful behaviour before and after the war. and none from the perspective of a Muslim woman. I am writing to ask you about your ending. I felt it ended with continuing intolerance, particularly on the part of Kabir. I would have hoped that the experience of war, the loss of his sister and life would have enabled him to share his sister with Armand. I understood Armand keeping the Tiger Claw to himself but not Kabir keeping the letters to himself. I was wondering why you thought Kabir couldn't be more open, tolerant and generous. I am not sure if you answer your e-mails and either way i wanted you to know that your book touched me, unsettled me and as you can set me to thinking. Thank you Suzan Blatt From: Canada Email: sblatt@shaw.ca... Read more
Suzan Blatt Wednesday, 9/13/06, 9:32 AM I have just finished reading The Tiger Claw and finished was the operative word. About 1/3 of the way through the book I was so tense, so sad and so angry that I thought I should put it down. I am one of those readers who can't tolerate the tension and usually flip through the book to get the broad strokes so that i can enjoy a more leisurely read. Well, as you well know, this is no leisurely read. I decided that i had to devote more time to reading the book so that i could get through it more quickly and less painfully. I loved it! It gave a more subtle portrayal of discrimination, arrogance, violence and betrayal, As a Jewish woman of immigrant parents( fortunately came to Canada before the war), i have read a number of holocaust books but none that i remember that gave this portrayal of the French with all their arrogance and hateful behaviour before and after the war. and none from the perspective of a Muslim woman. I am writing to ask you about your ending. I felt it ended with continuing intolerance, particularly on the part of Kabir. I would have hoped that the experience of war, the loss of his sister and life would have enabled him to share his sister with Armand. I understood Armand keeping the Tiger Claw to himself but not Kabir keeping the letters to himself. I was wondering why you thought Kabir couldn't be more open, tolerant and generous. I am not sure if you answer your e-mails and either way i wanted you to know that your book touched me, unsettled me and as you can set me to thinking. Thank you Suzan Blatt From: Canada Email: sblatt@shaw.ca Regarding (Title): The Tiger Claw
Terry Joshi Terry Joshi from Yonkers, NY wrote on March 14, 2006 at 2:56 pm
Terry Joshi Tuesday, 3/14/06, 8:55 AM I just finished reading What the Body Remembers. My husband is from Punjabi Hindu origin; he was born in Rawalpindi in 1945 and his family roots are in the Lahore area. He has a clear childhood memory of the frightening journey to New Delhi at Partition. His family was protected by their Muslim neighbors who helped them to escape. As a result of our long marriage I am more familiar than most westerners with the history of Partition, but it was fascinating to read your book and gain new insight into the events from the perspective of the Sikhs. And look at the present day mess that has been the result of the cavalier British attitude! Ah well, that's another book. Best wishes, Terry Joshi From: Yonkers, NY Email: mommylooloo@hotmail.com Regarding (Title): What the Body Remembers
Terry Joshi Tuesday, 3/14/06, 8:55 AM I just finished reading What the Body Remembers. My husband is from Punjabi Hindu origin; he was born in Rawalpindi in 1945 and his family roots are in the Lahore area. He has a clear childhood memory of the frightening journey to New Delhi at Partition. His family was protected by their Muslim neighbors who helped them to escape. As a result of our long marriage I am more familiar than most westerners with the history of Partition, but it was fascinating to read your book and gain new insight into the events from the perspective of the Sikhs. And look at the present day mess that has been the result of the cavalier British attitude! Ah well, that's another book. Best wishes, Terry Joshi From: Yonkers, NY Email: mommylooloo@hotmail.com Regarding (Title): What the Body Remembers
HIra HIra from Pakistan/Canada wrote on January 16, 2006 at 3:00 pm
Hira Monday, 1/16/06, 3:12 PM After reading What the Body Remembers for an english project, I have a completely different outlook on the condition of females in a south asian society. This book has truly moved me, especially the way Satya's character kills her self. I really loved this book and wish to congratulate Shauna Singh on the wonderful peice of literature she has created. From: Pakistan/Canada Email: hira_abbasi@hotmail.com
Hira Monday, 1/16/06, 3:12 PM After reading What the Body Remembers for an english project, I have a completely different outlook on the condition of females in a south asian society. This book has truly moved me, especially the way Satya's character kills her self. I really loved this book and wish to congratulate Shauna Singh on the wonderful peice of literature she has created. From: Pakistan/Canada Email: hira_abbasi@hotmail.com
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