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Behind you is the sea : a novel
- Title
- Behind you is the sea : a novel / Susan Muaddi Darraj.
- Author
- Darraj, Susan Muaddi
- Publication
- New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]
- ©2024
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 24-835 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 245 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- 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 replete with weddings, funerals, broken hearts, and devastating secrets.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Bildungsromans.
- Psychological fiction.
- Novels.
- Fiction.
- Contents
- A child of air -- Ride along -- Mr. Ammar gets drunk at the wedding -- The hashtag -- Behind you is the sea -- Gyroscopes -- Cleaning lentils -- Worry beads -- Escorting the body.
- Call Number
- JFD 24-835
- ISBN
- 9780063324237
- 0063324237
- OCLC
- 1416851775
- Author
- Darraj, Susan Muaddi, author.
- Title
- Behind you is the sea : a novel / Susan Muaddi Darraj.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]
- Copyright Date
- ©2024
- Edition
- First HarperVia edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Research Call Number
- JFD 24-835