Bangkok Bound: Meaning of Friendship

By Shane Wiggand

Zaid Faridi was born in Pakistan and moved to the United States in the 1970s, where he pursued advanced degrees in the sciences and built a career as a Research (chemical) scientist. While his professional life has been rooted in logic and precision, his writing emerges from a deeply personal place-one shaped by the social and cultural realities he witnessed growing up. Raised in a world where women's value was often measured by silence, obedience, and honor tied to others, Faridi observed firsthand how love could be condemned, and how a woman who dared to feel could be marked for life. In his novel One Red Rose, he unflinchingly explores the cost of forbidden love in traditional societies, while also turning a critical eye toward the West-where women may enjoy more visible freedoms, but still often fall short of full equality. A scientist by training and a storyteller by conviction, Zaid Faridi writes to expose the hidden chemistry between culture and the human heart-where love, shame, dignity, and tragedy often collide.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F68W89LZ
• ISBN13: 9798893974782
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Bookwave Publishing
• Length: 135 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"