Against the loveless world : a novel
(Book)

Includes Book Club Favorites reader's guide [6 unnumbered pages at the end of the book]

"Nahr shares her life story from an Israeli solitary-confinement cell. As a young woman, she dreamed of marriage and modern appliances, but found herself a jilted bride, struggling with displacement, refugeehood, abandonment, and sexual exploitation. A foul-mouthed critic and passionate dancer, Nahr finally returns to Palestine, where she is transformed by the power of her roots, literature, and love. There, she reemerges a radical political thinker who risks everything to reunite her family with their native land. [...] This powerful novel presents a searing and unique portrait of a woman who refuses to live with shame, or to be anyone's victim."--,Back cover.

"From the internationally bestselling author of the "terrifically affecting" (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Mornings in Jenin, a sweeping and lyrical novel that follows a young Palestinian refugee as she slowly becomes radicalized while searching for a better life for her family throughout the Middle East."--,Provided by publisher.

Palestine Book Awards Winner, 2020