Richmond writer publishes story collection

published by asingh on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 18:26

Farah Tejani, a Richmond based writer who earned a Masters in Fine Arts from UBC, has published a new book entitled Make Your Own Chai, Mama's Boy.

It is a collection of ten stories that the author refers to as ‘fictional non-fiction’. The stories focus on the experience of being Indian in a Western landscape.

There are tales of a young girl, unable to bear children, who is shipped off to marry "The Cotton King", or a young East African woman must make a very difficult decision when it comes to the acceptance of her half-breed child versus the acceptance of her family.

Tejani, 43, originally from Uganda, also explores the difficulty Indian men face in trying to go "normal" and marry a woman when they are attracted to other men.

She is currently working on her next two novels: "Raw Angel: The Diary of a Real Live Madwoman" and "Basmati Blues".

For more information go to www.bookstore.trafford.com and search for “Make your own chai, mama’s boy”.