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A Woman Is No Man
- By: Etaf Rum, Susan Nesmai
- Narrated by: Ariana Delawari, Dahlia Salem
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4 out of 5 stars 13
Three generations of Palestinian-American women living in Brooklyn are torn between individual desire and the strict mores of Arab culture in this heart-wrenching story of love, intrigue and courage. Set in an America at once foreign to many and staggeringly close at hand, A Woman Is No Man is a story of culture and honour, secrets and betrayals, love and violence. It is an intimate glimpse into a controlling and closed cultural world and a universal tale about family and the ways silence and shame can destroy those we have sworn to protect.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Deeply angered and hopeful at the same time
- By cristina tira on 02-07-23
- A Woman Is No Man
- By: Etaf Rum, Susan Nesmai
- Narrated by: Ariana Delawari, Dahlia Salem
Deeply angered and hopeful at the same time
Reviewed: 02-07-23
Reading this book gets you through a big range of emotions, from being angry to feeling hopeful.
It felt like a window through which I peeked at a different culture, family issues, trauma and interactions.
I deeply loved and appreciated this book as a whole, I empathized with the 3 generations of women and felt their sorrows and the generational trauma.
“It took more than one woman to do things differently. It took a world of them.”
But it always can start with the courage of one.
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