Naseem Rakha
Naseem is an award winning author and journalist whose stories have been heard on NPR’s All Things Considered and Morning Edition. Her best selling novel The Crying Tree is a winner of the 2010 PNBA Book Award and recent Richard and Judy Book Club pick.
Naseem is interested in stories that have spur discussion and interest in critical social issues.
Naseem is represented by Markson Thoma Literary Agency in NYC
"Beautifully written, expertly crafted, forcefully rendered. The Crying Tree is a story of redemption, but at its core it is a love story as well, and that is the most powerful story of all." Garth Stein, Author The Art of Racing in the Rain
"Spellbinding storytelling." Publishers Weekly
"A beautiful and passionate novel that never becomes maudlin or unbelievable. Highly recommended." Library Journal, June 1, 2009
“Maybe a family is linked in ways we have no way to understand. Some unseen, cellular connection that binds us past and present. If so, perhaps when my brother died, those cells we shared died as well. And for us, that would have been the heart. Those fine, fragile walls that let us embrace life with fearlessness and faith. We suffer because our heart is dying, one small cell at a time.”
“Love is the prerogative of the brave (Mohandas Gandhi)”
“It had been so beautiful. Life had been so simple and so terribly beautiful.”