
The Beauty of Your Face
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Lameece Issaq
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Michael Braun
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By:
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Sahar Mustafah
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by Marie Claire, Bustle, Real Simple, and Literary Hub
A Palestinian American woman wrestles with faith, loss, and identity before coming face-to-face with a school shooter in this searing debut.
A uniquely American story told in powerful, evocative prose, The Beauty of Your Face navigates a country growing ever more divided. Afaf Rahman, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, is the principal of Nurrideen School for Girls, a Muslim school in the Chicago suburbs. One morning, a shooter - radicalized by the online alt-right - attacks the school.
As Afaf listens to his terrifying progress, we are swept back through her memories: the bigotry she faced as a child, her mother's dreams of returning to Palestine, and the devastating disappearance of her older sister that tore her family apart. Still, there is the sweetness of the music from her father's oud, and the hope and community Afaf finally finds in Islam.
The Beauty of Your Face is a profound and poignant exploration of one woman's life in a nation at odds with its ideals, an emotionally rich novel that encourages us to reflect on our shared humanity. If others take the time to really see us, to look into our face, they will find something indelibly familiar, something achingly beautiful gazing back.
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Excellent
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Jumping timeline was great and heartbreaking and exciting all at the same time!
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Wonderful Read
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However, I couldn’t help but feel that had I read those reviews beforehand, I may have been disappointed overall in the story. Mustafah is an excellent storyteller, but the strength of the writing itself doesn’t save what is sometimes a predictable and trite plot.
That aside, I still found myself highly engrossed by the story of Afaf and her family as they navigate pre- and post-9/11 America. Afaf is an excellent narrator and I became invested in her journey. While I had issues with how she eventually comes to rediscover her Muslim faith (that is, like most of her catharses, it comes about because of or out of duty to the men in her life), her experience is one that is relatable no matter the reader’s religion.
Both narrators of the audiobook did an excellent job (one for Afaf’s story, the other for the chapters about the school shooter), and I think this is an excellent choice for an Audible download. It’s one of the better narrations I’ve heard in a while and would seek out other books narrated by Lameece Isaaq.
Predictability and problema aside, this is an extremely impressive and assured sophomore novel from Mustafah, and I look forward to reading her next one.
A mostly satisfying tale of faith, tragedy and family
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beautiful emotional read
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Take a chance on something different !
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Powerful Narration
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Best narrated book I’ve listened to
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I loved learning about a culture that I was not familiar with. This books gives a good lesson on the impact of racial stereotypes as well. It’s an important read.
An Important Cultural Lesson
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wonderful read!
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