A Woman Is No Man

This was one of those. A woman is no man complicates and deepens the arab american story a tale as rich and varied as america itself. A woman is no man is a haunting and heartbreaking accounting of domestic violence early marriage and motherhood and the strictures of the community in which etaf rum was raised.

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Heartbreaking and hopeful all at once the reader follows the journey of deya an 18 year old palestinian american and how her story verges from that of her mother and grandmother and aunt throughout a year of her life.

A woman is no man.

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 honor secrets and betrayals love and violence.
Diana abu jaber is the author of birds of paradise and origin.
A woman is no man.
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 honor secrets and betrayals love and violence.

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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.
A woman is no man complicates and deepens the arab american story a tale as rich and varied as america itself diana abu jaber washington post sometimes heroism is loud and dramatic.
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Told through the voices of three generations of palestinian women in brooklyn a woman is no man explores whether a woman can escape the confines of her culture and live into her true voice.
Three generations of palestinian american women are torn between custom and desire in this piercing debut.

A woman is no man explores the toll of domestic violence on an arab immigrant family.
A woman is no man by etaf rum is a stunning debut novel that hooked me from page one.
Etaf is deft in her depiction of a brooklyn world that exists nearly unseen by the rest of new york pointedly examining where cultural tradition veers.
With the utterly compelling characters of three arab american women rum accomplishes the high wire act of telling a story that feels both contemporary and timeless intimate and epic.

The title was ultimately changedmore the book was originally sold under the title the place an arrow shoots from which was a reference to the bell jar.
I thought well its a free book whats the harm in it.
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.
Other times it is daring to listen to that quiet voice within and have the courage to follow it.

Julia kardon the book was originally sold under the title the place an arrow shoots from which was a reference to the bell jar.