{"product_id":"a-prisoner-within-nandana-zubair-9781038346100","title":"A Prisoner Within","description":"I was raised to believe a woman is defined by the men in her life: the father who shelters her, the brother who overshadows her, the husband who is meant to complete her. I was told a woman is nothing on her own, that her value is measured by how well she fulfils assigned roles, how much she endures, and how deeply she sacrifices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI believed it. I carried it like a second skin through childhood, adolescence, and the years leading up to marriage. And when this belief collapsed, I was left with the most terrifying question: Who am I on my own?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt didn't come easily. It was buried beneath years of conditioning, whispers telling me to be quiet, to endure, to not ask for more. But silence doesn't protect you; it makes it easier for others to diminish you, to shape you into something small and manageable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA woman can endure only so much before she realises endurance is not strength, but survival. And survival is not the same as living.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA bad marriage doesn't only break your heart; it breaks your sense of self. It makes you question your worth, your voice, your right to exist beyond someone's shadow. And when a man refuses to stand up for you, he is silently telling you that you are not worth the fight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver time, I began to understand that identity is not something granted by others, but something reclaimed. Piece by piece, I started unlearning the voices that told me to shrink, and relearning the quiet power of choosing myself, even when it felt unfamiliar and unsteady, even when it cost everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut I was worth the fight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI am Aeiza, and this is a story of being told I was insignificant and learning that I never was.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nandana Zubair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 103834610X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781038346100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e FriesenPress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Nandana Zubair","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48853005730047,"sku":"9781038346100","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-prisoner-within-nandana-zubair-9781038346100","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}