Suzanne Fisher Staples The Setting Is the

After spending more than a decade as a journalist in south Asia, Suzanne Fisher Staples turned to writing realistic novels about young people coming of age in modern Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India, as well as the United States. Her elegant prose and compelling character development draw readers into lives and cultures that are always warmly appealing. In Suzanne Fisher Staples: The Setting Is the Story, Megan Lynn Isaac explores the award-winning novels of this unique writer.

Megan Lynn Isaac is associate professor of English at Elon University.

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Chronology	p. xiii
Family Trees for Pakistani Trilogy	p. xvi
Always a Writer: The Green Dog and Staples's Sense of Story	p. 1
Sbabanu: Striking a Balance between Self and Society	p. 17
Haveli: A Modern Tale of Anarkali	p. 47
Echoes of the Past and Heralds of the Future in The House of Djinn	p. 65
Critical Reception of the Pakistani Trilogy	p. 85
Learning to Discriminate: Injustice in Dangerous Skies	p. 105
Dancing a World into Existence: Shiva's Fire	p. 121
Under the Persimmon Tree and an Unlikely Pair of Stargazers	p. 141
Bibliography	p. 161
Index	p. 169
About the Author	p. 175
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