Marsha Marie

Bangles: My True Story of Escape, Adventure and Forgiveness (2016)
Print by Marsha Marie Books Author In 1992, when Marsha Marie boarded a plane with her two small children and her second husband, Zain; they had one-way tickets to Pakistan and a plan. Their destination: Zain’s birthplace in the remote village of Kalu Kalan. Their reason: to escape the toxic influence of Marsha’s abusive ex-husband, David. Their goal: to join Zain’s relatives and live free from David’s domineering interference. Yet, when Zain unexpectedly decides to return to the States, leaving Marsha and the children behind with his family, all of these plans go up in smoke. Now immersed in an unfamiliar country, Marsha is forced to do what she knows best--adapt and survive. With the help of Zain’s family, Marsha assimilates to the local culture and creates a new existence for herself and her children. But more than twenty years later, Marsha can no longer escape her mother’s parting advice, “Never forget your identity.” Yearning to return to America, but knowing that she’s now considered a fugitive by the American government, Marsha is forced to make a difficult choice that will irrevocably change the lives of everyone involved. Told with heart and humor, Bangles is the amazing true story of Marsha Marie’s incredible journey towards inner strength that teaches us it’s never too late to come home.

Bangles to Mom: Letters From Pakistan (2016)
Print by Marsha Marie Books Author In 1992, when Marsha Marie boarded a plane with her two small children and her second husband, Zain; they had one-way tickets to Pakistan and a plan. Their destination: Zain’s birthplace in the remote village of Kalu Kalan. Their reason: to escape the toxic influence of Marsha’s abusive ex-husband, David. Their goal: to join Zain’s relatives and live free from David’s domineering interference. In Bangles to Mom: Letters from Pakistan, Marsha shares her intriguing new life in vivid details with her family back home in the States. The letters raw and revealing were written in 1992, during her first year in the village. Marsha thought that she would never see these letters again; but as fate would have it, they reappeared during the writing of Bangles: My True Story of Escape, Adventure and Forgiveness; and she knew that they would be a perfect accompaniment to the first edition of this heart-stopping memoir series.

Crowded Bangles (2016)
Print by Marsha Marie Books Author Marsha Marie's first humorous mini-memoir. Marsha shares her first thoughts and actions of the day she discovered that she had unwillingly become part of a real-life polygamous marriage. Raw and hilarious, you don't want to miss this addition to the BANGES Series. ​