Guest Post from Jenny Thomas, DesiSister Jen...

It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that I’m a huge fan of Qaisra’s work.. I have loved everything she has written, especially The Holy Woman….

I help her out with her website and her Twitter … and a few days ago we were talking Twitter and I asked her if we could share one of her stories for free, let people who don’t know her have a glimpse of her work…

and I chose this one because I think its one of the best in the collection, ‘A Pair Of Jeans’

and the one I most wanted everyone to read…

especially on Fathers Day

And she agreed …..

So people, help yourself to a free copy of The Escape.. its a sweet, … bittersweet even , poignant tale of an old mans reflections on life, a glimpse into the hearts of the older generation, who travelled thousands of miles away from their homes, to a cold and not very friendly Britain…. to make a new and better life for their children…

Its the story of an old man, a few memories, some gazing back over the years, his hopes, his triumphs..

the distance from what was home… and the distance between him and a family that has grown up in the West..

It’s a story everyone should read , for all kinds of reasons, for people to understand who our asian communities are, the world they came from, and, for the younger generation of British Asians, an insight maybe, into the hearts of your Dads..on this, their special day

its a PDF download, you just click on the link and it opens a file… I hope..