{"product_id":"talking-with-boys-paperback","title":"Talking with Boys - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTayyba Kanwal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a collection of linked tales filled with irony, humor, and magic, \u003ci\u003eTalking with Boys\u003c\/i\u003e introduces an unforgettable cast of characters in the Pakistani diaspora in Houston navigating crises of their own making and beyond their control. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Via generations and geographies, the stories expand from Houston into tales from the characters' pasts in Dubai and Lahore. A community of Pakistani immigrants distract ICE with unlikely bait. A housekeeper in a Dubai mansion plots to liberate her fellow indentured workers. In Lahore, an empty nester finds herself bound by more than a jinxed bracelet. Throughout, Tayyba Kanwal's remarkable characters navigate economic upheavals, political turmoil, and personal betrayals to pursue love, plot for survival, and play subtle power games to triumph against patriarchal forces of all genders.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTayyba Kanwal is a Pakistani-American writer from Houston, TX. Her work appears in journals such as \u003ci\u003eWitness, Gulf Coast, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Meridian\u003c\/i\u003e. She holds an MFA from the University of Houston where she was an Inprint C. Glenn Cambor Fellow. Her awards include the Inprint Donald Barthelme Prize in Fiction, Black Lawrence Press 2023 Immigrant Writing Prize, shortlisted for C\u0026amp;R Press' 2023 Fiction Award and runner-up in \u003ci\u003eWitness Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e's 2022 Literary Award. She serves as Director of Workshops at Inprint, Associate Fiction Editor at \u003ci\u003eCutleaf Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and Assistant Fiction Editor at \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 06, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47334820970745,"sku":"9781625571793","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/RFwtTm-PW89781625571793.webp?v=1769653215","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/talking-with-boys-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}