Book Review: UAE author’s book is a tender look at life after loss

Saira Sheikh’s “Healing in the Shadow of Loss,” recently published by Liberty Books, is a memoir-style self-help book that emerged after months of journaling to cope with personal loss. Sheikh is a Pakistani writer who was raised in Alkhobar and now lives in the UAE, and her in-between upbringing influences how she thinks about loss. Once I began, I found...