Mbak, ternyata menikah itu susah, ya. Baru tiga bulan, tapi rasanya tak ingin melanjutkan. (Lia, 24 tahun) Sejak awal, istri tahu kalau saya anak sulung dan yatim. Tapi kenapa dia selalu cemberut setiap saya membantu ibu dan adik-adik? (Ardian, 31 tahun) Dulu, sih, yang penting nikah aja, masalah di mana tinggal, nggak jadi soal. Tapi setelah tiga bulan tinggal di pondok mertua indah, duh, tersiksa banget. Semua salah di mata mertua.(Ririn, 21 tahun) Tak ada sekolah yang bisa menyiapkan seseorang memasuki gerbang pernikahan. Meski inginnya hari-hari setelah menikah penuh pelangi, kenyataannya berbagai persoalan mengintip, siap mengobrak-abrik istana kebahagiaan. Alhamdulillah. Tak ada masalah tanpa solusi. Tak ada tantangan tanpa harapan. Catatan Hati Pengantin hadir untuk mempersiapkan pasangan baru yang akan atau sudah menikah dalam menghadapi badai pernikahan yang mungkin mengepung dari berbagai arah. Ujian kesehatan, mertua, saudara, dan orang ketiga sebagai penyebab. Atau kelelahan akibat pekerjaan, anak-anak, maupun ego pasangan. Bahkan persoalan yang terkesan remeh seperti salah memilih rumah bisa menguras emosi dan memancing keeributan. Saatnya belajar dari pengalaman pasangan lain, hingga tantangan serupa tak perlu kita alami, atau pun jika terpaksa berhadapan, kita sudah memiiki jurus bagaimana menaklukannya. Disusun dengan praktis dan lengkap, hingga setiap babnya akan membekali. Masih ditambah halaman-halaman kuesioner yang memudahkan mengenali karakter dan visi pasangan. Semoga pernikahan kemudian benar-benar menjadi penggenap separuh dien . Semoga pasangan bisa menjadi pendamping tak hanya di dunia, tapi hingga ke surga-Nya.
Authors
Asma Nadia Education: Bogor Agricultural University (IPB, 1991) Home FAX: +622177820859 email: asma.nadia@gmail.com Working Experiences: I was working as a CEO of Fatahillah Bina Alfikri Publications, and Lingkar Pena Publishing House, before starting AsmaNadia Publishing House (2008) Writing residencies: in South Korea, held by Korean literature translation institute (2006) & and in Switzerland held by Le Chateau de Lavigny (2009) Writing Workshop:
- Conducting a creative writing (novel), Held by Republika News Paper, 2011
- Writing workshop instructor for (novel) participants from Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, held by South East Asia Literary Council (MASTERA), July, 2011
- Conduct a writing workshop for Indonesia Migrant Workers in Hongkong (2004,2008, 2011), and for Indonesian students in Cairo, Egypt (2001, 2008), and University of Malaysia.
- Giving a creative writing workshop for Indonesian’s students in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Kyoto (November 2009).
- Giving writing workshop in Manchester; Indonesia Permanent Mission in Geneve; Indonesian Embassy in Rome, and for Indonesian students in Berlin (2009)
- Held a writing workshop with Caroline Phillips, a Germany writer, in World Book Day 2008 Performance:
- Performing two poems for educational dvd (Indonesian Language Center) 2011.
- Public reading: (poem) in welcoming Palestine’s writers in Seoul, 2006;
- Public reading short story in Geneve 2009, Performing monologue in Mizan Publishing Anniversary 2008, Ode Kampung Gathering in Rumah Dunia, etc.
Awards and honors:
- Istana Kedua (The Second Palace), the best Islamic Indonesia novel, 2008
- Derai Sunyi (Silent Tear, a novel), won a prize from MASTERA (South East Asia Literary Council), as the best participant in 10 years MASTERA, 2005.
- PREH (A Waiting), play writing published by The Jakarta Art Council, honored as the best script in Indonesian’s Women Playwrights 2005
- Mizan Award for the best fiction writer in 20 Years Mizan (one of Indonesian’s biggest publishers)
- Asma Nadia profile was put as one of the 100 distinguished women publishers, writers and researchers in Indonesia, compiled by well-known literary critic Korrie Layun Rampan, 2001.
- Rembulan di Mata Ibu (The Moon in the Mother’s Eye, short stories collection), won the Adikarya IKAPI (The Indonesian Book Publishers Association) Award, 2001
- Dialog Dua Layar (Two Screen’s Dialogue, a short story collection), won the Adikarya IKAPI (The Indonesian Book Publishers Association) Award, 2002
- 101 Dating, a novel, won the Adikarya IKAPI Award, 2005
- The most influential writer 2010, awarded by Republika News Paper
- BISA Award for helping Indonesia Migrants Workers who wants to be writers (held by Be Indonesia Smart and Active Hongkong)
- Super Woman MAG Award 2010
- One of ten most mompreneurship 2010, by Parents Guide Magazine Summary of translations of work into other languages:
- Abang Apa Salahku (published by PTS Millennia SDN.BHD 2009)
- Di dunia ada surga (published by PTS Millennia SDN.BHD 2009)
- Anggun (published by PTS Millennia SDN.BHD 2010)
- Cinta di hujung sejadah (published by PTS Millennia SDN.BHD 2011)
- Ammanige Haj Bayake (Emak Longs to Take The hajj), NAVAKARNATAKA PUBLICATIONS PVT. LTD, 2010 (in south indian language/Kannada)
Buku pertama yang terbit, yang memuat tulisannya adalah Antologi cerpen Menjaring Angin, 2004. Sejak saat itu, menjadi kontributor di puluhan buku antologi, fiksi dan nonfiksi. Antologinya terbit di berbagai penerbit. Mulai indie hingga penerbit mayor seperti Gramedia, Elex Media,BIP dll. Tahun 2013 adalah tahun kelahiran buku solonya yakni novel Finding You.
