Voicing Muslim womens lives migration displacement identity and cultural assimilation. In the title story in this new short story collection amidst the soft ripples of the village pond and the mirthful croaking of frogs the demons of Ruby and Monirs fairy tale life fade away. Readers are introduced to a kaleidoscope of distinctive and unique social cultural and centuries old traditional rural lifestyle elements in a remote village of Bangladesh. The many shades of war its aftermath historical di