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A Scattered Life
A Scattered Life is a 2010 novel written by American author Karen McQuestion and published by AmazonEncore a division of Amazon Publishing. Originally released solely as an e-book for Amazon's Kindle, the novel is notable for being the first self-published Kindle book optioned for film. Producer Eric Lake optioned the rights for the L.A.-based production company, Hiding In Bed, in November 2009.
Set in small-town Wisconsin and told with humor and pathos, "A Scattered Life" is the story of
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 1. MUSE INDIA YOUNG WRITER AWARD 2015 JURY CITATION FOR THE WINNING NOVEL 'THE HALF MOTHER' 
Bashir speaks with assurance from a location and preoccupation which is distant from the metropolitan centres and urbane milieu of Anglophone Indian fiction." 
""Shahnaz Bashir’s stories are graphic, photographs in words, poignantly capturing various aspects of the troubled life in Kashmir. Bashir’s Scattered Souls is not just a collection of stories but essentially a vivid and powerful narrative on Kashmir." "