Naila Siraj arrives in Toronto from Pakistan as a young bride with four suitcases of saris, trading her parents’ wealthy Karachi home for a cramped downtown apartment with a hide-a-bed. Ice Bangles is the story of Naila’s adventures as she attempts to adjust to Canadian life.Naila learns to ride an escalator and to ignore the subtle, pervasive racism. She finds a job and encounters neighbours who …