"Qadeer’s vivid characters and interior writing make it universal..."

Review of Brown Girls Grown Up by Rachel Shaver, Creation Magazine

“In a series of stories rich with descriptions of lives spent exulting in and reacting to physical bodies, Qadeer contemplates sexual intimacy, intergenerational conflict, sexual identity, and women’s friendships with a sophistication and sense of humor that makes for a delightful read. Don’t miss this exhilarating collection.”

—Chaya Bhuvaneswar

 

“Sima Qadeer’s Brown Girls, Grown Up is an important—not to mention rollicking and audacious—literary contribution to the reckoning of women in middle age…”

—Heidi Reimer

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