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"Palestine, 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...
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Raised in a conservative and emotionally volatile Palestinian family in Brooklyn, Yara thought she would finally feel free when she married a charming entrepreneur who took her to the suburbs. She's gotten to follow her dreams, completing an undergraduate degree in Art and landing a good job at the local college. As a traditional wife, she also raises their two school-aged daughters, takes care of the house, and has dinner ready when her husband gets...
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A Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist for Best Fiction and Best Debut • BookBrowse's Best Book of the Year • A Marie Claire Best Women's Fiction of the Year • A Real Simple Best Book of the Year • A PopSugar Best Book of the Year All Written By Females • A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • A Washington Post 10 Books to Read in March • A Newsweek Best Book of the Summer • A USA Today
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"Pamiętaj, że nie jesteś mężczyzną" Etaf Rum to książka dowodząca, że los kobiet w krajach muzułmańskich to temat, którego pisarze jeszcze długo nie będą w stanie wyczerpać. Poruszająca historia dwóch kobiet ukazuje klisze kulturowe, które mają ogromny wpływ na ich życie. Powieść rozgrywa się dwutorowo. Czytelnik poznaje siedemnastoletnią Isrę, która żyje w Palestynie. Jest rok 1990, a dziewczyna woli spędzać czas...