{"product_id":"against-the-loveless-world","title":"Against the Loveless World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Nahr sits, locked away in solitary confinement, she spends her days reflecting on the dramatic events that landed her in prison in a country she barely knows. Born in Kuwait in the seventies to Palestinian refugees, she dreamed of falling in love with the perfect man, raising children, and possibly opening her own beauty salon. Instead, the man she thinks she loves jilts her after a brief marriage, her family teeters on the brink of poverty, she's forced to prostitute herself, and the US invasion of Iraq makes her a refugee, as her parents had been. After trekking through another temporary home in Jordan, she lands in Palestine, where she finally makes a home, falls in love, and her destiny unfolds under Israeli occupation. Nahr's subversive humor and moral ambiguity will resonate with fans of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Sister, The Serial Killer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and her dark, contemporary struggle places her as the perfect sister to Carmen Maria Machado's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHer Body and Other Parties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten with Susan Abulhawa's distinctive \"richly detailed, beautiful, and resonant\" ( \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) prose, this powerful novel presents a searing, darkly funny, and wholly unique portrait of a Palestinian woman who refuses to be a victim.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAuthor:\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eSusan Abulhawa\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrefer Audiobook? \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tidd.ly\/4bEDirI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eListen Here\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArab American Book Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2020 Athenaeum Literary Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2020 Palestine Book Awards Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for Rathbones Folio Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Abulhawa has created a spirited protagonist who lives invisibly and in opposition to her 'loveless world, ' telling her own story on her own terms.\"-- \"New York Times Book Review\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"Susan Abulhawa possesses the heart of a warrior; she looks into the darkest crevices of lives, conflicts, horrendous injustices, and dares to shine light that can illuminate hidden worlds for us.\" --Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Washington Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51959990583584,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1010\/4465\/0272\/files\/againstlovelessworld.jpg?v=1783531502","url":"https:\/\/side-plot.myshopify.com\/products\/against-the-loveless-world","provider":"Side Plot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}