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Title Statement | Behind you is the sea: a novel / Susan Muaddi Darraj. |
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Author | Darraj, Susan Muaddi |
Publication | New York: HarperVia,2024. |
Edition | First HarperVia edition. |
Extent of Item | 245 pages ; |
ISBN | 9780063324237 (hardcover) |
Other Number | pr07270572 |
Summary | An exciting debut novel 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 family struggles financially, to clean up after their spoiled teenagers. Meanwhile, Marcus Salameh, whose aunt married into the wealthy Ammar family, confronts his father in an effort to protect his younger sister for "dishonoring" the family. 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. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Muslims--Fiction |
Palestinian Americans--Fiction--Maryland--Baltimore | |
Parent and child--Fiction | |
Poverty--Fiction | |
Social classes--Fiction | |
By Location | Baltimore (Md.)--Fiction |
By Genre | Bildungsromans |
Psychological fiction | |
Novels |