Sorry for the Inconvenience
Reviewed By Janet Mawdesley August 30, 2024
Author Farah Naz Rishi
Distributor: Amazon
ISBN: 978-1662520976
Publisher: Mindy's Book Studio
Release Date: July 2024
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Sorry for the Inconvenience by Farah Naz Rishi is a wonderful, warm, often turbulent look inside a culture of tradition that remains strong, even though the world and the new country of residence has moved onward.
Born into a Muslin South Asian family living in suburban America, Farah and her brother where expected by their parents to get a very good education, get married, preferably to someone within the community and the faith, and follow in their parent’s footsteps by producing grandchildren.
But, things go wrong at an early age when Farah and her mother could not get along, mainly due to her mother’s rages; what appeared to be almost a form of hatred towards her daughter. Her father a man who was proud of the life he had carved out as immigrant in a new country, tried to keep the peace at home with some success.
Even though she studied Law, she desperately wanted to write, to be a writer and made the decision to attend a writer’s workshop, rather than finish her study and sit for the Bar examination, which caused considerable issues within the family. She often felt like she was the outcast, the unloved member of the family, only really understood by her beloved brother Shaz, who was facing some serious personal issues.
It was only after the death of her father through Cancer, her brother’s death and then her mother’s death all within a few years, that Farah understood the reasons why her parents were the people they became.
She also realised she had found the love she so desired and why she was so very fortunate to have meet the one man who loved her unconditionally, waited patiently in the background, who was her anchor and support when her world collapsed around her.
Told in a loving and accepting manner, with a soft and gentle style, Sorry For The Inconvenience is full of love, heartbreak, sadness, tragedy and hope, told with compassion and understanding which shares a delicate slice of life to which so many can relate.