Vive Charlie Issue 26 | Page 31

By Shazia Hobbs

"The Gori’s Daughter is quite possibly the most compelling novel based on a true story you will ever read" Dr. Wanette Tuinstra

The Gori's Daughter is the fictional story of Aisha, a young mixed race girl, daughter of a Kashmiri father and a Glaswegian mother moved into the household as mistress alongside the Muslim wife and the children from both relationships.

Her whole life is a constant struggle against the rejection and hostility her background generates in both Glasgow's white and Pakistani communities.

Its uncompromising exploration of the realities rather than the myths of the race relations with in modern Scotland is likely to have an explosive impact, challenging as it does cosy assumptions on both sides.