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Much of the dialogue sounds childish, with themes stated outright and points made excessively clear. 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. By the time you get to the halfway point of the narrative, it feels like you're just reading the same scenes over and over again: Isra makes tea for her mother-in-law, her mother-in-law is disappointed that she's given birth to a girl, Deya's grandmother tells her she should consider her marriage options, Deya says she doesn't want to, Isra loves to read, ad infinitum.
So lucky. But I also want to write my review now because my emotions are fresh and this book was an emotional ride from start to finish ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Told in two past timelines with different narrators we mostly hear from eighteen year old Deya and her mother Isra We also occasionally hear from Fareeda Deya’s grandmother and Isra’s mother in law The family is Palestinian and the story begins with Isra living in Palestine and succumbing to an arranged marriage with a Palestinian American Adam I say “succumbing” because she did not want to get married and leave her family thousands of miles behindIsra also shares that she did not grow up in the most lovin... (Sign in to see more), jessica “Where I come from, we’ve learned to silence ourselves.

She laments that in all her reading none of the characters resemble her, or relate to her experience.Rum seeks to fix that problem with a story fully devoted to the female Arab experience.

A Woman Is No Man PDF Ë A Woman PDF \ Is No Kindle Ô Woman Is No eBook This debut novel by an Arab American voice,takes us inside the lives of conservative Arab women living in America.In Brooklyn, eighteen year old Deya is starting to meet with suitors Though she doesn t want to get married, her grandparents give her no choice History is repeating itself Deya s mother, I. 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.” (Tara Conklin, author of THE LAST ROMANTICS), “A story of how a woman can break taboos and break free from patriarchal misogynistic families. And I also know the amount of pressure that gets put on works by authors of colour to be representative of their entire ethnic/racial groups.

A look inside an embedded patriarchal culture. I’ve seen it shelved as contemporary fiction, historical fiction and the ever-so-dreaded “chick lit” as well. When a Palestinian family, one who now make their home in New York, travel back to Palestine to find a bride for their eldest son, Isra finds herself married.

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. . Read Books 2020, Kindle , Hardcover , Paperback , Audiobook &, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions. . The triumph of Rum’s novel is that she refuses to measure her women against anything but their own hearts and histories….
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She wants to fall in love, to be loved and to have more freedom. This debut novel by an Arab-American voice,takes us inside the lives of conservative Arab women living in America.In Brooklyn, eighteen-year-old Deya is starting to meet with suitors. She also has an abundantly clear goal to inspire readers to break the bonds of tradition and become independent. Looking for a book about growing up as a Middle-Easterner? Etaf Rum has done a great service by sharing these voices with us.” (Shilpi Somaya Gowda, author of SECRET DAUGHTER and THE GOLDEN SON), “Garnering justified comparisons to Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns… Etaf Rum’s debut novel is a must-read about women mustering up the bravery to follow their inner voice.” (Refinery 29), “A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum is a stunning debut novel that hooked me from page one. We learn all three of their stories.Isra's plight drew me in, her daughters made me hopeful. . In what ways is such silence harmful to Isra and other women and girls? ◘ All of this is not to say that I'm not happy that this book was written; I'm all for more stories about Arab experiences, especially ownvoices ones. wow this book holds so many significant messages the importance of educating oneself how to find your voice leaning that self acceptance is the only necessary acceptance and what it means to be a woman but most importantly this also shows how life saving storiesbooks can be i adored the critical role reading plays in many of the characters lives as a bookworm nothing makes me happier that being said i have a couple of critiues i dont really like how men are portrayed in this every main male character is inherently cruel im not sure if this is a specific personal representation or what but with this story having a very obvious feminist tone the overwhelming negative characterisation of men kind of rubs me the wrong way and because the oppression is so blatant there is no nuance for the mess... (Sign in to see more), This debut novel by an Arab American voicetakes us inside the lives of conservative Arab women living in AmericaIn Brooklyn eighteen year old Deya is starting to meet with suitors Though she doesn’t want to get married her grandparents give her no choice History is repeating itself Deya’s mother Isra also had no choice when she left Palestine as a teenager to marry Adam Though Deya was raised to believe her parents died in a car accident a secret note from a mysterious yet familiar looking woman makes Deya uestion everything she was told about her past As the narrative alternates between the lives of Deya and Isra she begins to understand the dark complex secrets behind her community, © 2020  .

When she’d asked, Fareeda had merely smiled and said, “Don’t worry about that.

. Find all of my reviews at: http://52bookminimum.blogspot.com/Let me begin by saying that after my last experience with an internet famous "author" (term used as loosely as possible since she didn’t even write the thing, but failed to give credit where credit was due until being called out about it), there is zero chance I would have ever read this. By Etaf Rum. I have a feeling this book will never find it’s true intended audience, but I’m also terrified that it will make its way into the hands of the Alt Right who will be more than happy to quote things like this: “How would they have enough money to cover expenses of a newborn? Other times, it is daring to listen to that quiet voice within and have the courage to follow it.

Want a book that will make you feel all the feels about families and different generations from a non-white storyteller? A spectacular debut.” (Hala Alyan, author of SALT HOUSES), “A Woman Is No Man, bold as a drumbeat, banishes the repressive silence that haunts Isra and her spirited daughter, Deya. Maybe the style will turn off some people like me, but I think it's a smart decision overall given her goals.Definitely happy with my reading experience, even if it ended up being more surface-level than desired.