Behind You Is the Sea - Hardcover
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Behind You Is the Sea - Hardcover
$26.00
by Susan Muaddi Darraj (Author)
2025 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST - ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARD FINALIST
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"A beautiful portrait of a family reaching for their dreams while holding on to their roots."--Publishers Weekly
"Each chapter reads like a small masterpiece."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
An exciting debut novel of interconnected stories that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American community in Baltimore--from young activists in conflict with their traditional parents to the poor who clean for the rich--lives which intersect across divides of class, generation, and religion.
Funny and touching, Behind You Is the Sea brings us into the homes and lives of three main families--the Baladis, the Salamehs, and the Ammars--Palestinian immigrants who've all found a different welcome in America.
Their various fates and struggles cause their community dynamic to sizzle and sometimes explode: The wealthy Ammar family employs young Maysoon Baladi, whose own family struggles financially, to clean up after their spoiled teenagers. Meanwhile, Marcus Salameh confronts his father in an effort to protect his younger sister for "dishonoring" their name. Only a trip to Palestine, where Marcus experiences an unexpected and dramatic transformation, can bridge this seemingly unbridgeable divide between the two generations.
Behind You Is the Sea faces stereotypes about Palestinian culture head-on and, shifting perspectives to weave a complex social fabric, this compelling family saga is replete with weddings, funerals, broken hearts, and devastating secrets.
Number of Pages: 256
Dimensions: 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN
Publication Date: January 16, 2024
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