{"product_id":"a-woman-is-no-man-a-novel-isbn-9780062699763","title":"A Woman Is No Man: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist for Best Fiction and Best Debut • BookBrowse's Best Book of the Year • A \u003cem\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/em\u003e Best Women's Fiction of the Year • A \u003cem\u003eReal Simple\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year • A PopSugar Best Book of the Year • A \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e Editors’ Choice • A \u003cem\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/em\u003e10 Books to Read in March • A \u003cem\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Summer • A \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Week • A \u003cem\u003eWashington Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e Difficult-To-Put-Down Novel • A \u003cem\u003eRefinery 29\u003c\/em\u003e Best Books of the Month • A \u003cem\u003eBuzzfeed News\u003c\/em\u003e 4 Books We Couldn't Put Down Last Month • A \u003cem\u003eNew Arab\u003c\/em\u003e Best Books by Arab Authors • An \u003cem\u003eElectric Lit\u003c\/em\u003e 20 Best Debuts of the First Half of 2019 • A \u003cem\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/em\u003e Most Anticipated Books of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Garnering justified comparisons to Khaled Hosseini’s \u003cem\u003eA Thousand Splendid Suns\u003c\/em\u003e... Etaf Rum’s debut novel is a must-read about women mustering up the bravery to follow their inner voice.”   —\u003cem\u003eRefinery 29\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller and Read with Jenna \u003cem\u003eTODAY SHOW\u003c\/em\u003e Book Club pick telling the story of three generations of Palestinian-American women struggling to express their individual desires within the confines of their Arab culture in the wake of shocking intimate violence in their community.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Where I come from, we’ve learned to silence ourselves. We’ve been taught that silence will save us. Where I come from, we keep these stories to ourselves. To tell them to the outside world is unheard of\u003c\/em\u003e—\u003cem\u003edangerous, the ultimate shame.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePalestine, 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 bear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrooklyn, 2008. Eighteen-year-old Deya, Isra’s oldest daughter, must meet with potential husbands at her grandmother Fareeda’s insistence, though her only desire is to go to college. Deya can’t help but wonder if her options would have been different had her parents survived the car crash that killed them when Deya was only eight. But her grandmother is firm on the matter: the only way to secure a worthy future for Deya is through marriage to the right man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut fate has a will of its own, and soon Deya will find herself on an unexpected path that leads her to shocking truths about her family—knowledge that will force her to question everything she thought she knew about her parents, the past, and her own future.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Where I come from, we keep these stories to ourselves. To tell them to the outside world is unheard of, dangerous, the ultimate shame.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePalestine, 1990. Seventeen-year-old Isra prefers reading books to entertaining the suitors her father has chosen for her. Her desires are irrelevant, however—over the course of a week, the naive and dreamy girl finds herself betrothed, then married, and soon living in Brooklyn. There Isra struggles to adapt to the expectations of her oppressive mother-in-law, Fareeda, and her strange new husband, Adam: a pressure that intensifies as she begins to have children—four daughters instead of the sons Isra is expected to bear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrooklyn, 2008. At her grandmother’s insistence, eighteen-year-old Deya must meet with potential husbands and prepare herself for marriage, though her only desire is to go to college. Her grandmother is firm on the matter, however: the only way to secure a worthy future for Deya is through marriage to the right man. But fate has a will of its own, and soon Deya will find herself on an unexpected path that leads her to shocking truths that will force her to question everything she thought she knew about her family, the past, and her own future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in an America at once foreign to many and staggeringly close at hand, \u003cem\u003eA Woman Is No Man\u003c\/em\u003e is a story of culture and honor, secrets and betrayals, love and violence. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A story of how a woman can break taboos and break free from patriarchal misogynistic families. This mesmerizing novel will take all your attention from the very beginning.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A dauntless exploration of the pathology of silence, an attempt to unsnarl the dark knot of history, culture, fear and trauma that can render conservative Arab-American women so visibly invisible. . . .  The triumph of Rum’s novel is that she refuses to measure her women against anything but their own hearts and histories. . . . Both a love letter to storytelling and a careful object lesson in its power.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeejay Silcox, New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Explores themes of cultural expectations and taboos, family tragedy and the immigrants’ story, all from the perspective of an author whose life experience bears many similarities. [Also] how women who are limited by societal norms can make their own unique contributions to society and be ‘equal if not greater than men.’” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNick Meyer, Arab American News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A blistering exploration of three generations of Palestinian-American women, unfolding in lyrical but demanding prose.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Canfield, Entertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I couldn’t put it down.  I was obsessed with figuring out the mystery of this family.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJenna Bush Hager Today Show Book Club Pick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Etaf Rum's acclaimed debut novel looks at Palestinian-American women's experiences within their tight-knit, patriarchal Brooklyn community. Though their neighborhood isn't far from the hip Williamsburg neighborhood of \u003cem\u003eGirls\u003c\/em\u003e, it's worlds away…. When writing her book, Etaf Rum drew from personal experiences…. Like her protagonist, she had to undergo a trek to find—and listen to—her own voice.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eO, the Oprah Magazine, online\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Garnering justified comparisons to Khaled Hosseini’s \u003cem\u003eA Thousand Splendid Suns\u003c\/em\u003e... Etaf Rum’s debut novel is a must-read about women mustering up the bravery to follow their inner voice.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRefinery 29\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Through well-developed characters and a wonderfully paced narrative, [Rum] exposes the impact that the embedded patriarchy of some cultures can have on women while showing more broadly how years of shame, secrets, and betrayal can burden families across generations no matter what the cultural or religious affiliation. Highly recommended.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e “Three generations of women from a conservative Arab family living in America are at the core of Etaf Rum’s riveting debut novel. From the very first line, Rum brings you into the hearts and minds of these characters, and you’ll stay connected to them well beyond finishing the last page.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCiera Velarde Buzzfeed News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What is a woman’s life worth? This question echoes across countries and generations through Etaf Rum’s intense debut novel…. The narrative draws links between economic desperation and discord in the home [and] also touches on the legacy of violence passed down from the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories…. \u003cem\u003eA Woman Is No Man\u003c\/em\u003e complicates and deepens the Arab American story — a tale as rich and varied as America itself.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiana Abu-Jaber, Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] brave debut [that] underscore[s] the economic and political challenges that contribute to the victimization of women…. Throughout this heart breaking yet inspiring novel, reading, the forbidden pleasure, offers an alternative sense of community and a safe place for dreams. In that tradition, ‘A Woman Is No Man’ contributes its own gratifying and immensely healing salve.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAl Jidad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Rum writes of the complexities inside the lives of Arab American women. She probes the dark and the daunting as she tells the story of a Brooklyn teenager navigating the wishes of a family who want her to marry.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJuliana Rose Pignataro Newsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Etaf Rum’s \u003cem\u003eA Woman Is No Man\u003c\/em\u003e is a shattering, revelatory tale of immigration, womanhood, and the cyclical impact of violence and oppression. In her unflinching story of both loss and hope, strewn with enthralling, vibrant characters, Rum has accomplished the extraordinary: a tale that bridges the domestic and the global, memory and future, the old world and the new. A spectacular debut.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHala Alyan, author of Salt Houses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A gripping portrait of three generations of Palestinian women whose narratives are heartfelt and unsettling. Rum writes with tender sensibility, creating characters with layers of complexity and depth. She gives these women what they most desire and deserve: a voice.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrances de Pontes Peebles, author of The Air You Breathe and The Seamstress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A richly detailed and emotionally charged debut.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sometimes heroism is loud and dramatic. Other times, it is daring to listen to that quiet voice within and have the courage to follow it. In this story, we see inside the lives of three generations of Palestinian women living in America, struggling and suffering to hear that voice. Etaf Rum has done a great service by sharing these voices with us.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShilpi Somaya Gowda, author of Secret Daughter and The Golden Son\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“First-time novelist Rum’s setting… is rare: a Brooklyn Palestinian enclave in which reputation matters above all else…. The daughter of Brooklyn Palestinian immigrants, Rum was often told ‘a woman is no man.’ Overcoming her fear of community reprisal, she alchemizes that limiting warning into a celebration of ‘the strength and power of our women.’” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eA Woman Is No Man\u003c\/em\u003e by Etaf Rum is a stunning debut novel that hooked me from page one.  With the utterly compelling characters, Rum accomplishes the high-wire act of telling a story that feels both contemporary and timeless, intimate and epic. This is a novel you devour in a few precious sittings, that you press into the hands of friends and family, that lingers in your heart and mind long after the last page.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTara Conklin author of The Last Romantics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e “\u003cem\u003eA Woman Is No Man\u003c\/em\u003e, bold as a drumbeat, banishes the repressive silence that haunts Isra and her spirited daughter, Deya. This tender tale of women soldiering through a barbed world is a clarion call and a work of literary bravery.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNadia Hashimi, author of The Pearl that Broke Its Shell and A House Without Windows\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888929960165,"sku":"NP9780062699763","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062699763.jpg?v=1730230124","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-woman-is-no-man-a-novel-isbn-9780062699763","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}