# The Holy Woman

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- Book: [The Holy Woman](https://www.bookquiver.com/qaisra-shahraz/the-holy-woman) ([The Holy Woman.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/qaisra-shahraz/the-holy-woman.md))
- Authors: [Qaisra Shahraz](https://www.bookquiver.com/qaisra-shahraz)
- Publisher: arcadia_parent_imprint
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-19-0980-700-6
- Published: 2013-06-10
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

" Gripping, hugely involving, and very satisfying" KATE MOSSE Set in Pakistan, London and Egypt, this epic drama centres around the life of Zarri, the glamorous daughter of a wealthy landowner. Zarrie Bano is the charismatic 28-year-old daughter of a wealthy Muslim landowner. She falls in love with Sikander, a business tycoon to whom her father takes an immediate dislike. When Zarri's brother is killed in a freak accident, her father decides to make her his heiress, resurrecting an ancient tradition and forcing her into marriage to the Holy Koran, to become her clan's 'holy woman' - a nun. A powerful and compelling family drama, The Holy Woman is a romantic story of love and betrayal within a wealthy Muslim community.