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West of the Jordan: A Novel (Bluestreak)
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West of the Jordan: A Novel (Bluestreak) Paperback - 2003

by Halaby, Laila

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This is a revelatory first novel by a woman who is both an Arab and an American. Through the narratives of four cousins at the brink of maturity, Halaby immerses readers in the lives, friendships, and loves of girls struggling with national, ethnic, and sexual identities.

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  • Title West of the Jordan: A Novel (Bluestreak)
  • Author Halaby, Laila
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Condition New
  • Pages 232
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Beacon Press, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Date June 15, 2003
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 59DV3Z001FIW_ns
  • ISBN 9780807083598 / 0807083593
  • Weight 0.57 lbs (0.26 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.02 x 5.41 x 0.5 in (20.37 x 13.74 x 1.27 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Arab World
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Bildungsromans
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002154924
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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From the publisher

Laila Halaby was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to a Jordanian father and an American mother. She speaks four languages, won a Fulbright scholarship to study folklore in Jordan, and holds a master's degree in Arabic literature. Her first novel, West of the Jordan, won the prestigious PEN Beyond Margins Award. She lives in Tucson, Arizona, with her family. 

Media reviews

Laila Halaby is a deeply gifted writer. She describes complicated, culture-spanning lives in a poetic prose that is clean and compelling. There is no glossing over pain here, but the power of telling-richly human voices and the redemption of honesty.--Naomi Shihab Nye, author of 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East

Citations

  • Booklist, 06/01/2003, Page 1742
  • Library Journal, 04/01/2003, Page 128
  • Publishers Weekly, 04/07/2003, Page 42
  • School Library Journal, 10/01/2003, Page 208

About the author

Laila Halaby was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to a Jordanian father and an American mother. She speaks four languages, won a Fulbright scholarship to study folklore in Jordan, and holds a master's degree in Arabic literature. Her first novel, West of the Jordan, won the prestigious PEN Beyond Margins Award. She lives in Tucson, Arizona, with her family.