{"id":4001,"date":"2018-07-06T19:53:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T19:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/?p=4001"},"modified":"2020-08-17T19:27:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T19:27:56","slug":"trailblazers-the-girl-who-penned-her-way-to-stardom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/trailblazers-the-girl-who-penned-her-way-to-stardom\/","title":{"rendered":"Trailblazers: The Girl Who Penned Her Way to Success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was William Shakespeare who said that, \u201cSome are born great, while others achieve greatness\u201d<\/em>. For the young girl Lareb Soomro<\/a>, we at Daastan <\/a>believe it might be both. Being able to bring our author\u2019s writings to print<\/em>, shaping her dream to reality<\/em>, is one of the most fulfilling feelings we have ever witnessed as a company. From our Founder to our Editors and Designers, we all hold our breath and stare in awe as each piece finds its way to the racks of Qissa<\/a>. Every once in a while, however, there comes along an author whose success seems so grand <\/strong>that our feeling of awe becomes tenfold. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Book Launch of Lareb Soomro, held under Literary Evenings Vol. 2 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our Previous Success stories<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We first felt this way when our youngest author from Peshawar got crowdfunded to bring her book to print<\/a>. This year we have Lareb Soomro<\/strong> \u2013 a 15<\/strong>-year-old teenager<\/em> who has had the honor of being the fastest crowdfunded author of <\/a><\/a>Daastan from Sindh<\/a>. She raised an amount of 15,000 PKR<\/em> in a record-breaking time of only three day<\/em>s, which would bring her book \u201cThe Secrets of Spring\u201d<\/a><\/strong>, co-authored by Sajal Shaikh, to print. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Author\u2019s Journey:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lareb\u2019s story of success didn\u2019t start when she published her book, in fact they began the day she came into this world<\/em>. She was born in the small town Larkana, which is filled to the brim with history of resilience<\/strong> and courage<\/strong>. She became another one who would contribute to the legacy<\/em>. Lareb was born with a genetic defect<\/em> that required her to go into surgery in the tender age of 3 months. After she grew up, in her early teens she faced and survived a road accident <\/em>that left scars on her face. She was haunted by criticism and taunts, which followed her all the way to her passion of writing<\/em>. Despite being continually discouraged, she stood strong<\/strong> in the face of everything, and finally <\/strong>published her book<\/strong> through Daastan<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rising to Stardom:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The book made her a celebrity. She was interviewed by 14 news outlets for her story, and even offered the role of a news anchor<\/em> at Larkano News HD. She believes in facing her demons face first<\/strong>, and encourages all her readers to find solutions for their problems<\/strong> instead of giving up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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