{"product_id":"the-slightest-green-hardcover","title":"The Slightest Green - Hardcover","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\u003eSahar Mustafah\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving multigenerational novel by the celebrated Palestinian American author of \u003ci\u003eThe Beauty of Your Face\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the middle of dinner one evening, Intisar Jaber receives a phone call that will upend her quiet life in Chicago: her father is dying and she must go to Palestine to pay her final respects. But Intisar hasn't seen or heard from Hafez for nearly two decades, ever since he abandoned her and her mother to join the resistance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter a fateful mission, Hafez was thrown into the notorious Gahana Prison to serve a life sentence--permanently removed from her life. As soon as Intisar arrives in his village of Bayt al-Hawa, she discovers what it means to be a stranger in her ancestral land, the inheritance of loss, and the high price of freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, Hafez's mother Sundus battles to save the home that she built with her husband from thieving hands. Will Intisar, her estranged granddaughter, help Sundus fight to reclaim it? Can they close the gaping distance between them before it's too late? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePowerfully etched in Sahar Mustafah's honest and lyrical prose, \u003ci\u003eThe Slightest Green\u003c\/i\u003e explores the place--and people--we call home and how far we will go to reach them.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSahar Mustafah is the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, an inheritance she explores in her fiction. Her debut novel \u003ci\u003eThe Beauty of Your Face\u003c\/i\u003e was named a 2020 Notable Book and Editor's Choice by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e and one of \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire \u003c\/i\u003eMagazine's 2020 Best Fiction by Women. It was long-listed for the Center for Fiction 2020 First Novel Prize, and was a finalist for the Palestine Book Awards. Her short story \"Star of Bethlehem\" was awarded the Lawrence Prize for Best Fiction in 2022, and \"Tree of Life\" won the 2023 Robert J. DeMott Prize. Her recent fiction is featured in \u003ci\u003eStories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and 'The View from Gaza' published in The Massachusetts Review. She was awarded a 2023 Jack Hazard Fellowship from New Literary Project and an Illinois Arts Council Grant. Mustafah writes and teaches outside of Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.35 x 8.12 x 5.29 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987593756973,"sku":"9781623715830","price":27.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/AIO4xb67yf9781623715830.webp?v=1776182878","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-slightest-green-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}