{"product_id":"salt-houses-paperback","title":"Salt Houses - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHala Alyan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the Arab American Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by NPR * \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNylon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e * \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e * \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBustle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e * \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBookPage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Moving and beautifully written.\" -- \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On the eve of her daughter Alia's wedding, Salma reads the girl's future in a cup of coffee dregs. She sees an unsettled life for Alia and her children; she also sees travel and luck. While she chooses to keep her predictions to herself that day, they will all soon come to pass when the family is uprooted in the wake of the Six-Day War of 1967. \u003cbr\u003e Lyrical and heartbreaking, S\u003cem\u003ealt Houses\u003c\/em\u003e follows three generations of a Palestinian family and asks us to confront that most devastating of all truths: you can't go home again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[Alyan is] a master.\" -- \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Beautiful . . . An example of how fiction is often the best filter for the real world around us.\" -- NPR\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Gorgeous and sprawling . . . Heart-wrenching, lyrical and timely.\" -- \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSalt Houses\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e] illustrate[s] the inherited longing and sense of dislocation passed like a baton from mother to daughter.\" -- \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHALA ALYAN\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1986. After living in various parts of the Middle East, she completed a doctorate in psychology and is now in practice at New York University. She has been published in \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e and other literary journals, and is the award-winning author of three poetry collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 05, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987706347821,"sku":"9781328915856","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/d1d3MTY5TFp5QUR6QlF2TnNDbzJvdz09.webp?v=1776183604","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/salt-houses-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}