A Woman Is No Man - Etaf Rum

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 gripping book. It''s beautiful and very sad … The feelings are intense, and raw … It''s a necessary story, brilliantly told’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Etaf I cannot express my gratitude, love and respect for you enough for A Woman is NO Man''Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Loved this book. Educational, emotive, sad, how many adjectives can I use. Highly recommended’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘This book is just amazing, an eye opener on the lives and struggles of so many people. A world unknown to many of us … A ‘must read’ that I will certainly re-read’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐* * * *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 naïve 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
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