**From the internationally bestselling author of the βterrifically affectingβ (*The**Philadelphia Inquirer*)*Mornings in Jenin*, a sweeping and lyrical novel that follows a young Palestinian refugee as she slowly becomes radicalized while searching for a better life for her family throughout the Mid
Against the Loveless World
β Scribed by Susan Abulhawa
- Book ID
- 100670764
- Publisher
- Atria Books
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- EN-US
- Weight
- 305 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Israel., Middle East,Middle East., Middle East--Palestine., Moyen-Orient, Palestine
- ISBN
- 1982137061
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β¦ Synopsis
From the internationally bestselling author of the "terrifically affecting" (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Mornings in Jenin , a sweeping and lyrical novel that follows a young Palestinian refugee as she slowly becomes radicalized while searching for a better life for her family throughout the Middle East, for readers of international literary bestsellers including Washington Black , My Sister, The Serial Killer , and Her Body and Other Parties.
As Nahr sits, locked away in solitary confinement, she spends her days reflecting on the dramatic events that landed her in prison in a country she barely knows. Born in Kuwait in the 70s to Palestinian refugees, she dreamed of falling in love with the perfect man, raising children, and possibly opening her own beauty salon. Instead, the man she thinks she loves jilts her after a brief marriage, her family teeters on the brink of poverty, she's forced to prostitute herself, and the US invasion...
β¦ Subjects
Middle East -- Palestine
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