Haveli: A Young Woman's Courageous Struggle for Freedom in Present-day Pakistan is a 1993 novel by American children's author Suzanne Fisher Staples.
As Shabanu slowly plans a better life for herself and her daughter, they know they will not be welcome in the family home at Okurabad, after Rahim's death.
After a visit to the haveli – Rahim’s home, in the ancient city of Lahore – a sequence of events start that threatens Shabanu’s plans, and even her life.
[3] Kirkus Reviews writes, "Again, Staples imbues Shabanu and her beautiful, brutally repressive world with a splendid reality that transcends the words on the page.
"[4] According to LibrisNotes, "Once again Suzanne Staples writing makes accessible and real, the unique cultural life of a small part of Pakistan.