{"product_id":"the-map-of-salt-and-stars","title":"The Map of Salt and Stars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis powerful and lyrical debut novel is to Syria what \u003ci\u003eThe Kite Runner \u003c\/i\u003ewas to Afghanistan; the story of two girls living eight hundred years apart--a modern-day Syrian refugee seeking safety and an adventurous mapmaker's apprentice--\"perfectly aligns with the cultural moment\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Providence Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) and \" shows how interconnected two supposedly opposing worlds can be\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis \"beguiling\" ( \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and stunning novel begins in the summer of 2011. Nour has just lost her father to cancer, and her mother moves Nour and her sisters from New York City back to Syria to be closer to their family. In order to keep her father's spirit alive as she adjusts to her new home, Nour tells herself their favorite story--the tale of Rawiya, a twelfth-century girl who disguised herself as a boy in order to apprentice herself to a famous mapmaker.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut the Syria Nour's parents knew is changing, and it isn't long before the war reaches their quiet Homs neighborhood. When a shell destroys Nour's house and almost takes her life, she and her family are forced to choose: stay and risk more violence or flee across seven countries of the Middle East and North Africa in search of safety--along the very route Rawiya and her mapmaker took eight hundred years before in their quest to chart the world. As Nour's family decides to take the risk, their journey becomes more and more dangerous, until they face a choice that could mean the family will be separated forever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing alternating timelines and a pair of unforgettable heroines coming of age in perilous times, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Map of Salt and Stars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the \"magical and heart-wrenching\" ( \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) story of one girl telling herself the legend of another and learning that, if you listen to your own voice, some things can never be lost.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAuthor: Zeyn Joukhadar\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\/4h80n9R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eListen Here\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In her rich and often heartbreaking debut, Syrian American writer Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar tries to make whole the broken memory of a nation caused by the deadly conflick in Syria....Joukhadar's vibrant prose brings to life the very real and devastating struggle that many refugees face today.\"-- \"The Daily Beast\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"Debut novelist Joukhadar gracefully balances the gritty, often horrific truth of the refugee's plight with the lyrical near-fairy tale she has created....A wise, vibrantly told story for a wide range of readers, particularly relevant now.\"-- \"Library Journal\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Washington Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51963793047840,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1010\/4465\/0272\/files\/mapofsaltandstars.jpg?v=1783626527","url":"https:\/\/side-plot.myshopify.com\/products\/the-map-of-salt-and-stars","provider":"Side Plot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}