Uprising

Written By Tanya Ahmed

Uprising by Tahmima Anam

✨2026 BOOK RELEASE✨
Review from @ostomateforlife:
Uprising by Tahmima Anam
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This is exactly how you land a powerful knockout in such a short book.

Uprising is about a small sinking island off the coast of mainland Bangladesh which is also brothel run by cruel Madam, Amma. What’s unique is that it’s told from the perspective of the children born from sex work as they dream of normal life and freeing themselves and their mothers.
Kusum Khan like all of the women in the system is duped into coming to the island and violently forced into prostitution by Amma.
However, Kusum unlike many others came from a loving family, was educated and took part in student demonstrations. This streak causes her to start a rebellion for freedom for every woman on that island.

This is a story of the power of collective rage, fighting against the patriarchy and resistance.

You will not regret reading this and I hope it stays with you the way it has with me. I can’t wait for more people to read this when it comes out next year.

Tanya Ahmed

Soy Tanya. I’m the youngest of the group...and I don’t really know what to say except that I find these things really awkward. When Linda first came to me with this idea of an online bookclub/review page I was 100% down, although I was a little worried and felt like backing out on many occasions as I felt like my reviews were awful - I’m not good with words at all. If anyone was to ask me a year ago how I found a book, I’d reply: “good” - that’s my review done. But being part of this club with such amazing girls has really made me a lot more confident and comfortable. So I’ll forever be grateful. It’s always a laugh when we’re together, we are guaranteed to get side-tracked but our meetings are always productive and a lot of fun. This is just the beginning for us. I like reading all kinds of books from different genres but prefer romance/YA. With work being full on I like feel-good books that are light and easy. I’m currently in the middle of reading a few books lol but sticking to The Zanzibar Wife by Rebecca Rodriquez. Reading for me is a form of escapism, just getting away from the stress of real life and getting lost in book and falling in love with characters. I can’t list my top 5 or even top 10 so here are a few of my all-time favourites: The Sicilian by Mario Puzo To all the boys I’ve loved before by Jenny Han, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hoseeini, The Forty Rules of Love by Shafa Kelif Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith and Moonlight Over Manhattan by Sarah Morgan.

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