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An Emotion of Great Delight

✍ Scribed by Tahereh Mafi

Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 2021
Tongue: English
Weight: 502 KB
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 0062972413

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✦ Synopsis

From bestselling and National Book Award -nominated author Tahereh Mafi comes a stunning novel about love and loneliness, navigating the hyphen of dual identity, and reclaiming your right to joy--even when you're trapped in the amber of sorrow.

It's 2003, several months since the US officially declared war on Iraq, and the American political world has evolved. Tensions are high, hate crimes are on the rise, FBI agents are infiltrating local mosques, and the Muslim community is harassed and targeted more than ever. Shadi, who wears hijab, keeps her head down.

She's too busy drowning in her own troubles to find the time to deal with bigots.

Shadi is named for joy, but she's haunted by sorrow. Her brother is dead, her father is dying, her mother is falling apart, and her best friend has mysteriously dropped out of her life. And then, of course, there's the small matter of her hear--

It's broken.

Shadi tries to...

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