Veil of Roses by Laura Fitzgerald

This was a book based on a true story about a young woman growing up in Pakistan, and how hard of a life she had. For her 25th birthday, her parents bought her a one way ticket to America (after getting her Visa approved), and figured this was the chance of a lifetime for her to finally become a U.S. citizen. Tammy was her name, and her sister also got a one way ticket when she was Tammy's age and married a man within 90 days which automatically made her a U.S. citizen. Once Tammy moved to America, she realized how different the cultures were, and some things she would never dream of doing back in Pakistan, were things Americans didnt think twice about. Tammy's sister enrolled her in a class of foreign students, and that is where she met her first and only friends in America. Tammy and her family had one thing on their mind, she had to marry within 90 days or her visa would expire and she would be forced to return to Pakistan, where she would never get this opportunity again. Her sister and brother-in-law set her up with several religious Pakistanian men, but not one did a thing for her. There was a man, Kerk, who would talk to her everyday on her way to her class, and day after day they secretly fell more and more in love. It was 2 days before her visa would expire, and Kerk finally popped the question, aware of her situation, and she got to stay in America, forever!