Selected Accolades
"Tender, fierce, compassionate, and wise, Reema Zaman's I Am Yours is a moving story about how one woman found her voice–and her power. I was enthralled by this beautiful book from the first page to the last.”
– Cheryl Strayed, New York Times #1 bestselling author of Wild
"A fabulous trajectory of powerful transformation."
– Forbes
“The lasting grace of I Am Yours resides in Zaman’s exquisite and lyrical voice, at once searing and tender, that bravely seeks to portray the timeless complexities of the female condition and speak truth to power.”
– Ms. Magazine
“Zaman archives a personal journey that’s intimate and attuned to a wider cultural moment. A staggering work filled with presence, I Am Yours provides a profound explanation of love, delivered as an act of witness. Powerfully vulnerable and eloquent, Zaman’s voice is a fire—full-throated, wide-open, and roaring.”
– Foreword Reviews
"My heart just burst into a thousand songs after reading I Am Yours by Reema Zaman. From the first word to the last, this story is phenomenal triumph of one woman's body and voice rising up and through a culture that would quiet her. Moving through experience and language without flinching, Zaman reminds us that to have a body is to bring a soul to life. A stunning debut."
– Lidia Yuknavitch, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Joan
"Zaman (writes) beautifully of the frustration and pain of being a woman in a man's world, an immigrant in a world suspicious of outsiders."
– The New York Times Book Review
"Reema Zaman’s prose is ablaze. Lyrical, precise, in places frothing with desire or rage or faith, these are hard stories, let loose at last with grace, sagacity, and dollops of clever humor. At its heart, I Am Yours is a story of hope. In this time of #metoo, #timesup, and #whyididntreport, this time of women — especially Women of Color — at last sweeping into political power, and also this time of tremendous backlash, Zaman’s powerhouse hope is just what we need."
– Longreads
"When I heard Reema Zaman speak at a reading soon after the 2016 election, I thought, This is the soundtrack of a modern resistance.”
– Guernica
"There is an unwavering confidence to Zaman’s prose. A pulse point, that calls to mind unflinching memoirists that precede her, Melissa Febos and Cheryl Strayed."
– Chicago Review of Books
"Public speaker Zaman debuts with the powerful account of how she grew from being a voiceless girl to a woman with a confident 'roar.' This lovely work of hope and resilience will resonate with women struggling to find their voice and place in the world."
– Publishers Weekly