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An Emotion Of Great Delight (Paperback)
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An Emotion Of Great Delight (Paperback)
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Loot Price R208
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From bestselling author of the Shatter Me series and the National Book
Award-nominated A Very Large Expanse of Sea, Tahereh Mafi, comes a
stunning novel about love and loneliness, navigating dual-identity as a
Muslim teenager in America, and reclaiming your right to joy.
It’s 2003. It’s been several months since the US officially declared
war on Iraq, and the political world has evolved. Shadi, who wears
hijab (a visible allegiance to Islam) keeps her head down. Hate crimes
are spiking. Undercover FBI agents are infiltrating mosques and
interrogating members of the congregation, and the local Muslim
community is beginning to fracture. Shadi hears the fights after
services, the arguments between families about what it means to be
Muslim, about what they should be doing and saying as a community but
she does not engage.
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 heart
It’s broken. Shadi has tried to navigate the remains of her
quickly-shattering world by soldiering through, saying nothing, until
finally, one day, everything changes.
She explodes.
Perfect for fans of the Shatter Me series as well as Angie Thomas's The
Hate U Give and Nicola Yoon's The Sun is Also A Star.
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