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I have just read a dispatch from the front line of cultural tectonics. Nasreen Akhtar has written the kind of memoir of a book I would never normally read, a personal memoir of a young woman seeking a husband Catch a Fish from the Sea (Using the Internet). I halfway through reading it but I am hooked. For the casual reader it s a romantic journey. But it s also a fascinating insight into the mind of a young person who sees themselves as both British, Islamic and South Asian. This multiple-layered ethnicity is both a blessing and a burden. Catch a Fish ... is about trying to find a cultural as well as a marriage partner. After a slow start it gathers narrative pace as Nasreen gets involved with an ardent admirer who forces her to re-examine her attitude to Islam. The book becomes a journal of spiritual quest. Some of us may feel it s misguided, but there is no denying Nasreen's honesty and passion. I was scared lonely and lost. Walking in the dark, not knowing where I was going, feeling that I had not belonged anywhere. However for the first time in my life, I felt at ease. Amongst this room of total strangers I mattered, and there was a place for me. I realized that all the colours of mankind from Africa to Albania, we were all connected by one thing: our belief ... This Islam thing wasn t bad. It was supposed to be bad but then why was it making me feel good? --John Davies, Latest 7 magazine
'We don't identify Christianity or Judaism completely by their fundamentalists. This is a book that helps us to free the Muslim community from the stupid prejudices and ignorant labels currently waved around. In her funny and insightful book, Nasreen Akhtar takes us into the heart and mind of a Muslim woman who wants to get married, and who, on the way, discovers the beautiful spirituality of her religion. No fanatics. No prejudices. Lots of laughs and some tears --Dr Joy Manné, editor, The Healing Breath
BOOK OF THE MONTH Rejecting the traditional tea and samosas approach, usually favoured by parents when they are matchmaking for their children, 'Catch a Fish from the Sea (Using the Internet)' is the memoir of one bold Pakistani woman who decided that she would find her own suitable boy by travelling the World Wide Wed. She's young, good-looking and professional, but still potential suitors seem to be in short supply. She tries the conventional approach when they come home and scrutinise her over tea: she tries to avoid sending her picture to men on email hoping they will like her for what she is not just her looks, but this doesn't work either! Then Akhtar meets a man who she falls in love with, but he wants to change her and forever compares her to his past love, before finally leaving her heart broken. However, the intrepid young woman is not to be deterred and finds solace in her Islamic faith. She picks herself up and continues with her quest. This book is fun, engaging and honest. --Asian Woman magazine, Issue 36 (May 2008)
'We don't identify Christianity or Judaism completely by their fundamentalists. This is a book that helps us to free the Muslim community from the stupid prejudices and ignorant labels currently waved around. In her funny and insightful book, Nasreen Akhtar takes us into the heart and mind of a Muslim woman who wants to get married, and who, on the way, discovers the beautiful spirituality of her religion. No fanatics. No prejudices. Lots of laughs and some tears --Dr Joy Manné, editor, The Healing Breath
BOOK OF THE MONTH Rejecting the traditional tea and samosas approach, usually favoured by parents when they are matchmaking for their children, 'Catch a Fish from the Sea (Using the Internet)' is the memoir of one bold Pakistani woman who decided that she would find her own suitable boy by travelling the World Wide Wed. She's young, good-looking and professional, but still potential suitors seem to be in short supply. She tries the conventional approach when they come home and scrutinise her over tea: she tries to avoid sending her picture to men on email hoping they will like her for what she is not just her looks, but this doesn't work either! Then Akhtar meets a man who she falls in love with, but he wants to change her and forever compares her to his past love, before finally leaving her heart broken. However, the intrepid young woman is not to be deterred and finds solace in her Islamic faith. She picks herself up and continues with her quest. This book is fun, engaging and honest. --Asian Woman magazine, Issue 36 (May 2008)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
I was caught. Hook, line and sinker, from cover to cover. I was jerked as I took the bait, but then the sport began. Sometimes being drawn in swiftly, at other times being released for a time. However, throughout the turning of the pages, I was aware of the feeling of destiny.
This is truly a refreshing read, from an honest, sincere, personal and modest perspective. Perhaps, most importantly to me, it wasn't just about male-bashing, which it could have been. Also, it wasn't about Islam-bashing, which unfortunately, tends to happen a lot in literature these days. But it was a book, which in prose, does a lot to raise some of the most challenging issues of our time, no matter what your culture or creed.
Struggled to put the book down, and would recommend to all (and have been).
I started by saying i was caught. I got married 4 years ago, and met my wife via the internet, and life is bliss. Nasreen, good luck and wishing you success with the real-life sequel.
This is truly a refreshing read, from an honest, sincere, personal and modest perspective. Perhaps, most importantly to me, it wasn't just about male-bashing, which it could have been. Also, it wasn't about Islam-bashing, which unfortunately, tends to happen a lot in literature these days. But it was a book, which in prose, does a lot to raise some of the most challenging issues of our time, no matter what your culture or creed.
Struggled to put the book down, and would recommend to all (and have been).
I started by saying i was caught. I got married 4 years ago, and met my wife via the internet, and life is bliss. Nasreen, good luck and wishing you success with the real-life sequel.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I was very hopeful when I ordered this book as it had been nominated for "books to talk about". It started off well, particularly as the forward was written by Yasmin Alibhai Brown, but I think the latter probably had not read the book itself. There was a bit of dry humour at the beginning. However, as the book progressed it was obvious that a good editor was needed, and that this was a raw diary of a woman who has been troubled by her search for a husband. The internet part of her search was reasonable enough, but it was her choices - which were quite shocking - two engagements to people she had never met, nor had anyone she knew met them - and very tragically what appeared to be a nervous breakdown. Her writing was unclear, and even worse contained pages and pages of copied verbatim text from other books. I felt quite distressed by the end of the book for the author and her experiences, but felt that the story was not a story of love, nor the internet. Disappointed and traumatised.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
The cover caught my eyes, at first I thought it was just another book. As I sat reading it, I couldn't wait for the next chapter and the next whilst sitting on a plane 33,000 closer to God. It quickly became apparent to me that this was not just an ordinary ficticious book but a book written whole heartedly in blood by its author, maybe author's blood.
It was funny with laughter and emotional and even made me shed a few tears as equally it made me giggle whilst reading it.
Hats off to you Nasreen, splendid piece of writing and I sincerely hope you will meet someone worthy of your love and dreams. The tunnel gets dark sometimes, but keep hope alive, he is out there and hopefully on your strong hook soon and please keep the worms away.
It was funny with laughter and emotional and even made me shed a few tears as equally it made me giggle whilst reading it.
Hats off to you Nasreen, splendid piece of writing and I sincerely hope you will meet someone worthy of your love and dreams. The tunnel gets dark sometimes, but keep hope alive, he is out there and hopefully on your strong hook soon and please keep the worms away.
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Very disappointing!
I think this is possibly the worst book I have ever read. I wondered how it could ever have been published, but it appears that the author had to start her own publishing company... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Rosalind
Good story but character is a little frustrating
This book is such an insight into what online searches for love can be like.
I really enjoyed the story. Read more
I really enjoyed the story. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mrs AA
mundane
i was excited at the prospect of reading this book. but unforuntately thats where the excitement ended. Read more
Published on 16 Jun 2009 by nefertiti
A must read for "all my single ladies"
I loved this book, I couldn't put it down to the point that I was late for work twice because I was up so late reading! This journey made me laugh and made me cry. Read more
Published on 17 May 2009 by Farhana Y. Alam
One for the soul sisters!
Engaging, exciting and enlightening are just a few words to describe this one Muslim womens journey whose honest account in search for the holy grail called 'love and a husband'... Read more
Published on 5 May 2009 by s.rashid
Undeniable page-turner!!
It has been a while since I last sat down to read a book. Recently a friend of mine recommended this one to me saying that I had to read it - `It's an amazing story', she said. Read more
Published on 29 April 2009 by FB AZAM
Disappointed
After reading the blurb I had high expectations. Alas I must admit I was disappointed! It was an admirable and inspiring idea but the execution was amateurish at best! Read more
Published on 25 April 2009 by saima arooj
One persons search for what we all want.
The author has taken the delicate subject of asian relationships and given it that twist, humour, joy, sadness, tears, laughter and love, all on the back of her own life. Read more
Published on 21 Mar 2009 by A. Shah
Remarkable Journey of Hope
From the moment I picked up this book I did not put it down- It is a book that can relate to people on all different types of levels both men and women alike. Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2009 by Ms. C. Wheels
Following the Fairytale- A Must Read!
Wow - what a journey the author takes us through!The trials and tribulations of love? like? as the matrimonial clock tick tocks away. Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2009 by Ms. R. Bashir
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