Baqir Shameem

The Wishbone Baqir Shameem

The novel explores a popular and an intriguing common belief that a wishbone makes your wishes come true. Does this really happen or is it like any other fable that delight the unwary and the gullible? Is there a price to be paid in case the wish does come true ? The novel is about about everyday people living a normal life. The story revolves around four young women, an American, a Latino American, a Punjabi Indian American and an Indian from Bangaluru. They are great friends and meet regularly in cafes and restaurants in Alexandria, Virginia. They are in their late twenties and three of them are married. Although they remain cheerful, they have many worries and serious personal and family problems. They all are in need of financial help and in an outing in a restaurant they playfully and casually make their wishes through the wishbone. Soon they receive a windfall amounting to millions of dollars from a very peculiar source. They are euphoric and see the beginning of the end of all their problems. Unknown to them grave and deadly danger looms, a harbinger for misery and painful harm to them and their dear ones. The novel is a suspense thriller with the action taking place in the bars and casino of Atlantic City, Virginia towns and the the Capitol Hill, Washington DC. Do the girls succeed in retaining the fortune or do they become victims of a dangerous pursuit? "To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone" says Reba McEntire, a famous American singer. Do the girls in "The Wishbone" have the bones?