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Against the loveless world : a novel Cover Image Book Book

Against the loveless world : a novel

Abulhawa, Susan (author. ).

Summary: "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--

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  • ISBN: 1982137045
  • ISBN: 9781982137045
  • Physical Description: xxii, 366 pages ; 21 cm.
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  • Edition: First Washington Square Press/Atria Paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Washington Square Press/Atria, 2021.

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General Note:
"Palestine Book Awards winner, 2020 creative award"--Cover.
Includes reader's guide.

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Palestine -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945- -- Fiction
Genre: Novels.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at South Central Regional Library.

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