Summary:

From the author of the universally acclaimed debut novel A Case of
Exploding Mangoes: a subversive, often shockingly funny new novel set
in steaming Karachi, about second chances, thwarted ambitions, and
love in the most unlikely places. The patients of the Sacred Heart
Hospital for All Ailments need a miracle, and Alice Bhatti may be
just what they're looking for. She's the new junior nurse, but that's
the only thing ordinary about her. Her father is a part-time healer
in the French Colony, Karachi's Christian slum--and it seems she has
inherited his part-time gift. With a bit of begrudging but inspired
improvisation, Alice brings succour to the patients lining the
hospital's corridors. Yet, a Christian in an Islamic world, she is
ensnared in the red tape of hospital bureaucracy, trapped by the
caste system, and torn between her duty to her patients, her father,
and her husband--an apprentice to the nefarious "Gentlemen's Squad"
of the police, and about to plunge them both into a situation so
dangerous that perhaps not even a miracle can save them. But, of
course, Alice Bhatti is no ordinary nurse...

Book Details:

Physical Description: 5.6"x9.1"x0.9"; 0.7 lb; 256 pages
Edition Info: Paperback; 2012-05-29

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