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Tragic Whispers Audiobook — Chapter 6: Arranged Marriage, Family Expectations & Losing My Voice | Miscal and the Engagement

What happens when the man you’re supposed to marry tells you that your education—and the future you imagined for yourself—is over?

In Chapter 6 of Tragic Whispers, Deana Elaine takes us back to 1975, when a trip to Oakland leads to meeting Miscal, romance, and eventually an engagement celebrated by her Palestinian family.

What begins with excitement quickly becomes something very different. Her father embraces the engagement and spends $5,000 celebrating it, but Deana soon discovers what Miscal expects from her as his future wife. When he tells her there will be “no more school,” she begins…

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