![]() ![]() Eighteen-year-old Deya, Isra’s oldest daughter, must meet with potential husbands at her grandmother Fareeda’s insistence, though her only desire is to go to college. There Isra struggles to adapt to the expectations of her oppressive mother-in-law Fareeda and strange new husband Adam, a pressure that intensifies as she begins to have children – four daughters instead of the sons Fareeda tells Isra she must bear.īrooklyn, 2008. Over the course of a week, the naïve and dreamy girl finds herself quickly betrothed and married, and is soon living in Brooklyn. Seventeen-year-old Isra prefers reading books to entertaining the suitors her father has chosen for her. Three generations of Palestinian-American women living in Brooklyn are torn between individual desire and the strict mores of Arab culture in this heart-wrenching story of love, intrigue and courage. ‘A nuanced look at the power of shame to shatter lives and send shards of pain hurtling down the generations. ‘A love letter to storytelling’ New York Times A The Millions Most Anticipated Books of 2019.One of Cosmopolitan’s Best Books by POC for 2019. ![]() ![]() A Washington Post 10 Books to Read in March. ![]()
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