The Third Daughter

Nisa. Naji’s third daughter, was born when he was sure his wife would bear him a son. Naji is a poor man, a daily waged carpenter. A son would have changed everything. But Nisa ripped him apart as a blunt knife would… And hence she grew up in abject hate, in a family that would learn to ignore her because Naji wouldn’t have preferred otherwise. The story isn’t just about Nisa; it is about the family’s struggles with life. It is about a father’s increasing hatred towards the third born; it is about a mother who refuses to accept her daughter. It’s about her two elder siblings with varying character traits, and finally, it is about the girl Nisa, who is willing to carve a place for herself in her father’s heart.