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Palestina, 1990. Isra ha diciassette anni e preferisce di gran lunga leggere piuttosto che intrattenere i pretendenti che suo padre le presenta. Eppure, nel giro di una settimana, la ragazzina sognante e ingenua si ritrova sposata e, insieme al neo-marito, catapultata a Brooklyn. Perché Adam e la sua famiglia sono emigrati in America, sebbene ciò non significhi che la parola "libertà" esista tra le mura della loro nuova casa. Anzi, i suoceri, Farida e Khaled, come lo stesso Adam, sono convinti che una donna serva solo per essere al servizio dell'uomo. Che non debba parlare se non interpellata. Che non abbia il diritto di sognare, ma solo il dovere di fare figli. Maschi, possibilmente. Brooklyn, 2008. Deya è la figlia maggiore di Isra, e nonostante sogni di andare al college, anche per lei è il momento di incontrare i pretendenti. Forse sarebbe tutto diverso se sua madre Isra non fosse morta in un incidente insieme a suo padre, molti anni prima. Ma la nonna Farida è determinata, come lo era stata con la nuora Isra: una donna è una donna, e deve sottostare ai suoi doveri. Eppure il destino a volte sa prendere pieghe inaspettate, e quando Deya scoprirà la scioccante verità sulla storia dei suoi genitori, troverà la forza insperata di lottare per ciò che a sua madre non fu concesso avere. Un romanzo in grado di raccontare la battaglia silenziosa ma inesorabile delle donne che, in America come nel resto del mondo, lottano per avere voce.
- ISBN: 8856674610
- Casa Editrice: Piemme
- Pagine: 382
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This book like a gun blast to my chest, ripped my emotions and scatter them all over the places. This book made me sooo angry, this book made me cry, this book made me curse, hate the characters, made me feel sorry for the unfairness, inequality, ignorance ! There was not any exaggeration, there are Leggi tutto
I'd like to thank everyone who's taken the time to read. Regardless of whether you loved the book or hated it, thank you so much for reading and sharing your thoughts here.
I was born without a voice, one cold, overcast day in Brooklyn, New York. No one ever spoke of my condition. I did not know I was mute until years later, when I’d opened my mouth to ask for what I wanted and realized no one could hear me. Deya Ra’Ad, a Brooklyn teenager, had been raised by people Leggi tutto
THIS BOOK. Holy shit. To be completely honest, even as a Palestinian Muslim who has spent her entire life unapologetically refusing to abide by patriarchal norms, the concept of this book scared me. So honest and raw, but so public. Muslims & all POC know too well that you don’t air your dirty laund Leggi tutto
This Book is No Literary Masterpiece A Woman Is No Man definitely did not come close to meeting my expectations. While the subject matter is indeed worthy (the oppression of women in the Arab culture) and the story full of potential (the voiced experiences of three generations of Palestinian wome
1.5 stars wow this just completely missed the mark huh ◘ I'm so starved for any kind of Arab representation in fiction, let alone ownvoices Muslim Arab representation, so I jumped at the chance to read this when the audiobook popped up on Scribd. And oh boy was I disappointed. ◘ This book's biggest Leggi tutto
The plot isn't creative and the writing dexterity is limited, but it gives voice to a largely voiceless population. Arab women so rarely show up in literature that hearing a story--any story--from their perspective feels fresh and exciting, even when the general premise is tired. I can appreciate, to Leggi tutto
A look inside an embedded patriarchal culture. Isra loves to read, books show her a wider world than the insular one where she lives. Custom, however, dictates that women cannot continue with their schooling but must marry instead. When a Palestinian family, one who now make their home in New York,
Sometimes you read a book and you have no idea where to start because your emotions are all over the place? Am I right? But I also want to write my review now because my emotions are fresh, and this book was an emotional ride from start to finish. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Told in two past timelines with diff Leggi tutto
Find all of my reviews at: http://52bookminimum.blogspot.com/ Let me begin by saying that after my last experience with an internet famous "author" (term used as loosely as possible since she didn’t even write the thing, but failed to give credit where credit was due until being called out about
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