A New York Times bestseller * A Washington Post 10 Books to Read in
March * One of Cosmopolitan's Best Books by POC for 2019 * A
Refinery 29 Best Book of the Month * A The Millions Most
Anticipated Books of 2019 'A love letter to storytelling' New York
Times 'A nuanced look at the power of shame to shatter lives and
send shards of pain hurtling down the generations . . . brilliant'
Big Issue 'Enthralling' Image magazine * * * * * 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. Palestine,
1990. Seventeen-year-old Isra prefers reading books to entertaining
the suitors her father has chosen for her. Over the course of a
week, the naive and dreamy girl finds herself quickly betrothed and
married, and is soon living in Brooklyn. 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. Brooklyn, 2008. 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. But her grandmother is firm on the matter: the only
way to secure a worthy future for Deya is through marriage to the
right man. But fate has a will of its own, and soon Deya will find
herself on an unexpected path that leads her to shocking truths
about her family... Set in an America at once foreign to many and
staggeringly close at hand, A Woman Is No Man is a story of culture
and honour, secrets and betrayals, love and violence. It is an
intimate glimpse into a controlling and closed cultural world, and
a universal tale about family and the ways silence and shame can
destroy those we have sworn to protect.
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Powerhouse debut
Tue, 2 Aug 2022 | Review
by: rooibos lover
wowowo. when i say this book exceeded my expectations? AND it’s a debut? this book was so heavy and made me feel so enraged at the oppression these women were subjected to. overall, it was a touching tragedy about generational trauma and the fear of the unknown as well as the hope for freedom. this book has a lot of trigger warnings so look those up before reading it :)
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