Evil Eye -- Etaf Rum - Hardcover
"A moving meditation on motherhood, inter-generational trauma and how surface appearances often obscure a deeper truth. . . . A stunning second novel from a writer who set the bar very high with her first!"--Tara Conklin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Romantics and Community Board
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of A Woman Is No Man returns with a striking exploration of the expectations of Palestinian-American women, the meaning of a fulfilling life, and the ways our unresolved pasts affect our presents.
"After Yara is placed on probation at work for fighting with a racist coworker, her Palestinian mother claims the provocation and all that's come after were the result of a family curse. While Yara doesn't believe in old superstitions, she finds herself unpacking her strict, often volatile childhood growing up in Brooklyn, looking for clues as to why she feels so unfulfilled in a life her mother could only dream of. Etaf Rum's follow-up to her 2019 debut, A Woman Is No Man, is a complicated mother-daughter drama that looks at the lasting effects of intergenerational trauma and what it takes to break the cycle of abuse." --Time magazine, "The Most Anticipated Books of the Year"
Author: Etaf Rum
Publisher: Harper
Published: 09/05/2023
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780062987907
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 04/01/2023 pg. 4
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2023
Booklist 08/01/2023 pg. 22
Publishers Weekly 08/28/2023
BookPage 08/01/2023