Through Brown Eyes

Nineteen-year-old Shama lives something of a charmed existence indulged by her comfortably off parents who are second-generation Pakistani immigrants and enjoying university life. Balancing the lifestyle of her Western friends with the strict cultural traditions upheld by her parents is rarely a challenge as she flits between her weekdays on campus and weekends at home. However her world is turned upside down when she is invited to accompany her mother on a trip to Pakistan and introduced to the handsome Saleem a charming educated acquaintance of her extended family. Caught up in a whirlwind romance thousands of miles from home Shama suddenly finds herself facing a very different future from the one she anticipated - a future that when contemplated triggers a rollercoaster of emotions in the naive teenager ranging from excitement to fear and puts her very survival at risk.