Our Lady of Alice Bhatti, Mohammed Hanif
Our Lady of Alice Bhatti, Mohammed Hanif
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Our Lady of Alice Bhatti

Author: Mohammed Hanif

Narrator: Nimra Bucha

Unabridged: 7 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/29/2012

Synopsis

The patients of the Sacred Heart Hospital need a miracle. Alice Bhatti may be just what they're looking for. She's just been released from the Borstal Jail. She's the daughter of a part-time healer, and it seems she has inherited his gift. With a bit of begrudging but inspired improvisation, Alice begins to bring succor to the patients. But all is not miraculous. Alice is a Christian in an Islamic world, ensnared in the red tape of hospital bureaucracy, torn between her duty to her patients, her father and her husband - who is about to drag Alice into a situation so dangerous that perhaps not even a miracle will be able to save them. But, of course, Alice Bhatti is no ordinary young woman...

About Mohammed Hanif

Mohammed Hanif was born in Pakistan. After leaving the Pakistan Air Force Academy to pursue a career in journalism, he worked for Newsline, India Today, and The Washington Post. He has written plays for the stage and screen, including a critically acclaimed BBC drama and the feature film The Long Night. Hanif is a graduate of University of East Anglia's creative writing programme. He is currently head of BBC's Urdu Service and lives in London.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Abubakar on September 06, 2019

It is not without regret that I have to admit it now; I never read a novel written by a Pakistani writer in English. “Our Lady of Alice Bhatti” is where I started from and I couldn’t possibly have selected a better book. Alice Bhatti, previously an inmate in the Borstal Jail, is applying for the jo......more

Goodreads review by Anum on June 23, 2023

Life has taught Alice Bhatti that every little step forward in life is preceded by a ritual humiliation. Every little happiness asks for a down payment. Too many humiliations and a journey that goes in circles means that her fate is permanently in the red. Mohammad Hanif is one of those writers, you......more

Goodreads review by Zainab on October 28, 2012

A gripping novel. 'Unputdownable' yes. Has an ending that takes you back to the beginning and literally so. Mohammed Hanif's craft at story telling is spellbinding. Specially towards the end - chapter 26 onwards - my curiosity was at the edge. From the beginning to the end the book is elaborate in i......more

Goodreads review by Neha on October 08, 2014

Witty, racy and dark – riveting writing style of Hanif. I am clueless to the real challenges of a country or a religion and my opinions are coloured by media and literature, so I will limit my review to the writing and the plot – neutralising any references to a religion or country. Hanif shows you t......more

Goodreads review by Rural Soul on April 20, 2018

It was my first English novel by any Pakistani writer because i had diceded to read my native English literature first rather than focussing on foreign literature. I just wanted to know that how does it feel to read my own society in a foreign language and let's see that how do they represent Pakist......more

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