Interview with WRHU Radio Hofstra University 88.7 Wednesday 12-12:30pm

WRHU

This Wednesday, I'll be doing a recorded interview with Kimberly Singh of WRHU Radio Hofstra University 88.7 from 12-12:30pm. I'll be talking about my book, Bengali Girls Don't,  and my life as a former child bride. Once I find out when they'll be playing it on the radio, I'll let you all know. Thanks!

From the Bengali Girls Don't Fanpage:

Born in a remote village during her country's liberation war, a Bangladeshi girl moves to England with her parents and struggles for freedom and identity while growing up in a mixed neighborhood. Caught between the world of her white friends and that of her parents, she scraps her Muslim gear for blue jeans and runs away with her boyfriend.

But when her father tracks her down and finds her, he tricks her into going to Bangladesh so that he can marry her off.

In Bangladesh, she is faced with a choice: get married or never go home.

It's an unforgettable story about heartache and irony. About broken dreams. And how the life we choose is not always the life that chooses us.


About the Author:

L.A. Sherman grew up in Bradford, England in a strict Muslim family where she learned how to sneak out of the house without making the door creak. At the age of fifteen, she was tricked into going to Bangladesh by her parents and forced to marry a man as old as her father. After four years there with a wicked mother-in-law, she won the visa lottery for America and moved to the Big Apple. Now hard at work on her second book, she lives in Tampa, Florida with her family near a pond full of gators and spends her time doing all the things that Bengali girls don’t.

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Born in a remote village during her country's liberation war, a Bangladeshi girl moves to England with her parents and struggles for freedom and identity while growing up in a mixed neighborhood. Caught between the world of her white friends and that of her parents, she scraps her Muslim gear for blue jeans and runs away with her boyfriend.

But when her father tracks her down and finds her, he tricks her into going to Bangladesh so that he can marry her off.

In Bangladesh, she is faced with a choice: get married or never go home.

It's an unforgettable true story about heartache and irony. About broken dreams. And how the life we choose is not always the life that chooses us.

Fans of my memoir BENGALI GIRLS DON'T

Thanks John Sullivan!

Thanks Lynette Young!

Update on Book Signing at Midtown Sundries

On Friday October 7th, I went to Midtown Sundries in St. Petersburg, Florida to do a book signing for my book, Bengali Girls Don't. I met some great people, sold some books, had pictures taken with fans, and signed my John Hancock a few times with a green ink-colored pen (yes, I was trying to be different, okay?). Oh, and I did mention there was free wine, right? Yes, that's right, free wine! Of which I had three glasses. :) Along with a chicken Caesar salad, courtesy Midtown Sundries. Thank-you guys!

Enjoying the night with friends

Author Talk / Book Signing

Author L.A. Sherman will be speaking about her book, Bengali Girls Don't, as a guest of The Rotary Club of Palmetto, FL at the Bradenton Yacht Club in Palmetto, FL. Be there and meet the author and get your signed copy of the book!

4307 Snead Island Road
Palmetto, Florida 34221
Telephone 941-722-5936 • Dockmaster's Cell 941 374-2310 Fax:  941-723-6639

L.A. Sherman speaking about her book

Author Talk / Book Signing / Free Wine

Author L.A. Sherman will be speaking about her book, Bengali Girls Don't, at Midtown Sundries in St. Petersburg, FL on Friday October 7th from 6-8pm. Be there and meet the author and get your signed copy of the book while enjoying complimentary glasses of wine courtesy Coastal Vines Wines. Additionally, anyone who purchases a book will get a free drink at the bar and a VIP card that will give them 10% off their check.

Midtown Sundries St. Pete
Downtown St. Petersburg, Florida
200 1st Ave. South
St. Petersburg, FL
727-502-0222

Hang on to your family Jewels!

Family Jewels



An eel

 Eeeeewwwwww! Or should I say eel? Yes, that's right. Eel. As in the animal thingy that looks like a green disgusting snake that lives in the water and can bite / shock the shit out of you if it wants to. For no other reason at all than it wants to. And no, it doesn't do it in your bath water. But in yucky sea / ocean / murkey pond scum water. So what, pray tell me, was some guy in China doing taking a bath with a tub full of these nasty guys, then?

Well, apparently, it's called "eel treatment" and it's done at a spa (please remind me never to go to that particular spa ever) for lots of money.

Supposedly, "eel treatment" can make you look 10yrs younger! Amazing! Right? No, not right. Because when the eel thingy decides to go up your urethra like it did to this guy, you have to have surgery using sharp objects to cut it out. Which is NOT fun when there are sharp instruments of destruction (picture a pair of scissors) so close to your . . .

Well, you know, so close to family jewels. Your precious moments. The apples of your eye. Your pride and joy. Whatever you like to call it. And let me tell you something else I know: I don't care if "eel treament" makes me 10 years young again with perfect smooth skin, a tight butt, and no kids, no stretchmarks, and single again with a proposal from giant footballer - - aint no way ever am I gonna let some snake thingy swim next to my pee hole. Are you kidding me??!! Cuz obviously it's gonna go right up there!

Eel Removed from man's Bladder after entering Penis during Beauty Spa

Today I was featured on Women of Google+

L.A. Sherman -- the newest member of Women of Google+

Thank you Danny Nappi @dannyintampa

For blogging about my book. Bengali Girls Don't: The true story of my birth during Bangladesh's liberation war, my rebellious days as a teen in the UK during the 80s (back when I wanted to be like Madonna), and my forced marriage at 15. --Picture the Muslim female version of Stand By Me meets an unhappy, loveless version of My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

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Woman seeks $46,000 a month in child support payments

Evangelista

Meet Supermodel Linda Evangelista, the woman who made a child with French billionaire Francois Henri-Pinault some time ago. Evangelista, who is no longer in a relationship with the billionaire, is seeking $46,000 a month (Yes! That’s $46,000 per month!) in child support to provide for her little poor Augustin, the child she made with Mr. Moneybags.

Now get this: a woman by the name of Natasha Pearl, the president of Aston-Pearl, the New York-based lifestyle-management firm for wealthy families, said that such a sum is basically nothing.

“At first glance,” she said, “$46,000 seems like an extraordinary amount and it is. “But for a fortunate child in New York [like Augustin], it is actually absolutely conceivable that his expenses could approach $50,000 a month.”

Incredibly, this Mr. Moneybags guy is the same guy who fathered a kid with Salma Hayek not too long ago. My God, it makes you wonder who’ll get eggy and get the big-time money next?

Now for the COMMENT OF THE DAY award, which goes to a woman on Yahoo who wishes to remain anonymous:

“This [story] makes me want to vomit. I teach full-time and have a master’s degree; that’s more than I made last YEAR, even with taking on extra teaching and tutoring assignments. I guess I got into the wrong racket… I wonder if I can go back and get an advanced degree in Getting Knocked Up by a Billionaire.”

Yeah, I say. Don’t we all.

French billionaire has two 4yr olds