Mamaji

<p> Elisheba Haqq the youngest of seven children has lost her mother Mamaji to cancer. She is living with a cold and unfeeling stepmother and searching for answers. The small-town Minnesotans believe the family members are the perfect immigrants. Nothing could be further from the truth. </p><p> </p><p>Haqq offers an honest and atypical perspective in her memoir Mamaji. She's not the usual Indian immigration success story. She doesn't attend an Ivy League college have a Bollywood-inspired wedding or become a neurosurgeon. Instead with humor and introspection she shares how she and her siblings contend with a manipulative stepmother. Elisheba battles to salvage her father's love while the fast-fading memory of her mother lingers in the background. Despite her absence Mamaji gives her children grit and a deep devotion for each other enabling them to flourish despite their home life. </p><p> </p><p>Mamaji is a story about a daughter longing to connect with her lost mother. It's about a mother's bond to her children and how her love brings great strength and resilience. It's a story of redemption and forgiveness despite blatant injustice and deceit. It proves a difficult past does not determine future love and happiness. </p><p> </p>