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Behind You Is The Sea
- Author
- Susan Muaddi Darraj
- Narrator
- Rasha Zamamiri, Ali Nasser
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 6 June 2024
- Run Time
- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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Their various fates and struggles cause their community dynamic to sizzle and sometimes explode: The wealthy Ammar family employs young Maysoon Baladi, whose family struggles financially, to clean up after their spoiled teenagers. Meanwhile, Marcus Salameh, whose aunt married into the wealthy Ammar family, confronts his father in an effort to protect his younger sister for "dishonoring" the family. Only a trip to Palestine, where Marcus experiences an unexpected and dramatic transformation, can bridge this seemingly unbridgeable divide between the two generations.
Behind You Is the Sea faces stereotypes about Palestinian culture head-on and, shifting perspectives to weave a complex social fabric replete with weddings, funerals, broken hearts, and devastating secrets.
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- Author
- Susan Muaddi Darraj
- Narrator
- Rasha Zamamiri, Ali Nasser
- Duration
- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 June 2024
- ISBN
- 9781004161010
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
Synopsis
An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian community in Baltimore. Funny and touching, Behind You Is the Sea brings us into the homes and lives of three main Palestinian immigrants families - the Baladis, the Salamehs, and the Ammars.Their various fates and struggles cause their community dynamic to sizzle and sometimes explode: The wealthy Ammar family employs young Maysoon Baladi, whose family struggles financially, to clean up after their spoiled teenagers. Meanwhile, Marcus Salameh, whose aunt married into the wealthy Ammar family, confronts his father in an effort to protect his younger sister for "dishonoring" the family. Only a trip to Palestine, where Marcus experiences an unexpected and dramatic transformation, can bridge this seemingly unbridgeable divide between the two generations.Behind You Is the Sea faces stereotypes about Palestinian culture head-on and, shifting perspectives to weave a complex social fabric replete with weddings, funerals, broken hearts, and devastating secrets.
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