Against the loveless world : a novel /
"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 ... As Nahr sits, locked away in solitary confinement, she spends her days reflecting on the dramatic events that...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Washington Square Press/Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.,
2021.
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| Edition: | First Washington Square Press/Atria books paperback edition. |
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| Summary: | "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 ... 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 of Iraq makes her a refugee, as her parents had been. After trekking through another temporary home in Jordan, she lands in Palestine, where she finally makes a home, falls in love, and her destiny unfolds under Israeli occupation."-- "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."-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes Book Club Favorites reader's guide [6 unnumbered pages at the end of the book] |
| Physical Description: | xxii, 366 pages ; 21 cm |
| Awards: | Palestine Book Awards Winner, 2020 |
| ISBN: | 9781982137045 1982137045 |