In this fabulous collection of connected multiple genres, Yasmin Ladha brings together a multiplicity of voices, a deluge of images and exeriences held together playfully by the sensitive central self of an immigrant woman at home nowhere and everywhere, from the Canadian Prairies to the streets of Delhi and Bangalore, to memory's call in a small town in Africa.

... is a lush and sensuous excursion through language and the diasporic and nomadic sensibility churned up though shifting and transformative encounvers with cities, spirits, people, travellers, lovers. This "rootop" writing is brilliant for its panorama of sensation and itelligence. The view from here is stunning and we are priviledged to share it.
- Fred Wah

Hais this woman got attitude. Attitudes, really. Yasmin Ladha, Muslim woman from Calgary, hip-hops to Kashmir, Cochin, Bangalore and more, coross-culturing everyone she meets, herself included.
Autobiography and travelogue, this book of prose and poetry brain teases as it breaks boundaries in explosively sensuous language. Now pure Calgary teenage bop, then impassioned or querulous prayer, now techno-chat, erotics, politics, then folkloric rerecorings. And always, rooftop women talk, spiced and shiny. Challenging and original...
- Phyllis Webb

... rich, complex and provocative. This book is a magical voyage through the mind, the emotions, the body of a woman.
- Anita Badami

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“evocative writing, heightened empathy for Kashmiri women, and funny, purple sex.??is a lush and sensuous excursion through language and the diasporic and nomadic sensibility churned up through shifting and transformative encounters with cities, spirits, people, travellers, lovers. This “ooftop?writing is brilliant for its panorama of sensation and intelligence. The view from here is stunning and we are privileged to share it.?RED WAH?as this woman got attitude. Attitudes, really. Yasmin Ladha, Muslim woman from Calgary, hip-hops to Kashmir, Cochin, Bangalore and more, cross-culturing everyone she meets, herself included.Autobiography and travelogue, this book of prose and poetry brain teases as it breaks boundaries in explosively sensuous language. Now pure Calgary teenage bop, then impassioned or querulous prayer, now techno-chat, erotics, politics, then folkloric rerecordings. And always, rooftop woman talk, spiced and shiny. Challenging and original??PHYLLIS WEBB?rich, complex, and provocative. This book is a magical voyage through the mind, the emotions, the body of a woman.?NITA BADAMI