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Too soon : a novel / Betty Shamieh.
"A funny, sexy, and heart-wrenching literary debut that explores exile, ambition, and hope across three generations of Palestinian American women"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781668046548 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 323 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Avid Reader Press, 2025.
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| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Psychological fiction. Novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Shami | 31681010404176 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Arabella, a New York theatre director facing dwindling career prospects, accepts a chance to stage a bold Shakespeare adaptation in the West Bank, while her grandmother Zoya plots a match with Palestinian American doctor Aziz, triggering a multi-generational tale spanning from 1940s Jaffa to 2012 Palestine. - Baker & Taylor
"A funny, sexy, and heart-wrenching literary debut that explores exile, ambition, and hope across three generations of Palestinian American women"-- - Simon and Schuster
âFiercely funny, sexy, and culturally resonant.â âPeople, Best Books of the Month ⢠âShamieh balances her charactersâ painful family history and their boisterously funny voices.â âThe New Yorker
A âwonderfully brash and sparklingâ (Oprah Daily) novel that explores exile, love, and freedom across three generations of womenââa Palestinian American Sex and the Cityâ (The Atlantic).
Arabella gets an unexpected chance at love when sheâs thrust into a conflict and history sheâs tried to avoid all her life.
Zoya is playing matchmaker for her last unmarried granddaughter and stirring up buried memories.
Naya is keeping a secret from her children that will change all their lives.
Thirty-five-year-old Arabella, a New York theatre director whose dating and career prospects are drying up, is offered an opportunity to direct a risqué cross-dressing interpretation of a Shakespeare classicâthat might garner international attentionâin the West Bank. Her mother, Naya, and grandmother, Zoya, hatch a plot to match her with Aziz, a Palestinian American doctor volunteering in Gaza. Arabella agrees to meet Aziz, since her growing feelings for Yoav, a celebrated Israeli American theatre designer, seem destined for disaster...
With biting hilarity, Too Soon introduces us to a trio of bold and unforgettable voices. This dramatic saga follows one familyâs epic journey fleeing war-torn Jaffa in 1948, chasing the American Dream in Detroit and San Francisco in the sixties and seventies, hustling in the New York theatre scene post-9/11, and daring to stage a show in Palestine in 2012. Upon learning one of them is living on borrowed time, the three women fight to live, make art, and love on their own terms. A funny, sexy, and heart-wrenching literary debut, Too Soon illuminates our shared history and asks, how can we set ourselves free?
