ABOUT
THE BOOK

“The first thing I have to confess is that I’m a Muslim woman. I’m forty-nine. I wear two scarves…when you pass me on the street, you won’t even glance my way. I’m one of those robed women who appear to be going nowhere. The second thing I have to confess is that I like risk”
From the moment she opens her mouth, Beeda is honest about the double life she leads. The story that unfolds is one of a daring, independent-minded woman with a sizzling sensuality, who is also a pious mother of four sons – a mother who challenges the prejudice of her community when her favourite son contracts Aids.
Beeda’s love for risk-taking manifested itself early, at school. Unable to resist a challenge, “to get back the things that I’ve lost”, unintimidated by convention, she gets herself embroiled in all kinds of intrigue: an illicit affair, a terrible addiction to gambling.