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The Resource Love is an ex-country : a memoir, Randa Jarrar

Love is an ex-country : a memoir, Randa Jarrar

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"Randa Jarrar is a fearless voice of dissent who has been called "politically incorrect" (Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times). As an American raised for a time in Egypt, and finding herself captivated by the story of a celebrated Egyptian belly dancer's journey across the United States in the 1940s, she sets off from her home in California to her parents' in Connecticut. Coloring this road trip are journeys abroad and recollections of a life lived with daring. Reclaiming her autonomy after a life of survival--domestic assault as a child, and later, as a wife; threats and doxxing after her viral tweet about Barbara Bush--Jarrar offers a bold look at domestic violence, single motherhood, and sexuality through the lens of the punished-yet-triumphant body. On the way, she schools a rest-stop racist, destroys Confederate flags in the desert, and visits the Chicago neighborhood where her immigrant parents first lived. Hailed as "one of the finest writers of her generation" (Laila Lalami), Jarrar delivers a euphoric and critical, funny and profound memoir that will speak to anyone who has felt erased, asserting: I am here. I am joyful." --Amazon.ca
Language
eng
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1 online resource (240 pages)
Isbn
9781948226592
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Love is an ex-country : a memoir
Title
Love is an ex-country
Title remainder
a memoir
Statement of responsibility
Randa Jarrar
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
"Randa Jarrar is a fearless voice of dissent who has been called "politically incorrect" (Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times). As an American raised for a time in Egypt, and finding herself captivated by the story of a celebrated Egyptian belly dancer's journey across the United States in the 1940s, she sets off from her home in California to her parents' in Connecticut. Coloring this road trip are journeys abroad and recollections of a life lived with daring. Reclaiming her autonomy after a life of survival--domestic assault as a child, and later, as a wife; threats and doxxing after her viral tweet about Barbara Bush--Jarrar offers a bold look at domestic violence, single motherhood, and sexuality through the lens of the punished-yet-triumphant body. On the way, she schools a rest-stop racist, destroys Confederate flags in the desert, and visits the Chicago neighborhood where her immigrant parents first lived. Hailed as "one of the finest writers of her generation" (Laila Lalami), Jarrar delivers a euphoric and critical, funny and profound memoir that will speak to anyone who has felt erased, asserting: I am here. I am joyful." --Amazon.ca
Biography type
autobiography
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Jarrar, Randa
Dewey number
813/.6
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3610.A77
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Jarrar, Randa
  • Jarrar, Randa
  • Jarrar, Randa
  • Women authors, American
  • Authors, American
  • Palestinian Arabs
  • Women, Palestinian Arab
  • Authors, American
  • Families
  • Palestinian Arabs
  • Travel
  • Women authors, American
  • Women, Palestinian Arab
  • United States
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Love is an ex-country : a memoir, Randa Jarrar
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9781948226592
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Love is an ex-country : a memoir, Randa Jarrar
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1 online resource (240 pages)
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9781948226592
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