The novel opens in a wedding, which continues to be woven through the narrative until the very final pages. Hadia is getting married, and her brother Amar, who she hasn't seen in years, has decided to attend. Section by section, chapter by chapter, the story of this family's unravelling is shared with us through the perspective of two of the three young siblings that make up this family. This is a novel about belief and faith, about love and promises, about parenthood and childhood and what it means to move into adulthood when the world has already cast judgement on you.
If you are a stickler for chronology, this is not the book for you - but if you enjoy masterful restraint and reflective prose and incredibly compelling voices, this novel will knock you flat.
We have copies of A Place for Us in hard cover, eBook, and eAudiobook format at OPL. Please let us know what you think of it.
The novel opens in a wedding, which continues to be woven through the narrative until the very final pages. Hadia is getting married, and her brother Amar, who she hasn't seen in years, has decided to attend. Section by section, chapter by chapter, the story of this family's unravelling is shared with us through the perspective of two of the three young siblings that make up this family. This is a novel about belief and faith, about love and promises, about parenthood and childhood and what it means to move into adulthood when the world has already cast judgement on you.
If you are a stickler for chronology, this is not the book for you - but if you enjoy masterful restraint and reflective prose and incredibly compelling voices, this novel will knock you flat.
We have copies of A Place for Us in hard cover, eBook, and eAudiobook format at OPL. Please let us know what you think of it.