This book is a collection of Gulshan Ul Amin's five stories, Octopus, Dowry, Real, History, Gamble. Being a British Asian Muslim all her stories have (obviously) assortments of that touch, flavor, and spices necessary to leave a taste on the reader's tongue. All the stories are written with and from the author's heart, have a definate story plot/line, complete with sweet sharp dialogues/ sentences. The stories are meaningful, situational, very happening, fresh and very very readable. To grasp the real depth, meaning and message of these stories the reader will have to read them to the full. Once you start reading you wont be able to put the book down. Octopus: A roller coaster journey of life and it's ways. It' a story of love, fate, pain, heartache and decisions a man makes for himself. Dowry: Full of traditions, customs and family values. Real: When a person is too busy somewhere else and is on the verge of forgetting Allah, then Allah causes something or another to happen to make that person feel His presence. A read to look at ones inside self. History: Sometimes history does repeat itself. Gamble: Choices are gambles. They have to be taken. A book like this is rare. So don't let it pass you by. Author of all this: Gulshan Ul Amin