A Woman Is No Man

This debut novel by a Palestinian-American voice takes us inside the lives of a conservative Arab family living in America. In Brooklyn, eighteen-year-old Deya is meeting with suitors. Though she doesn’t want to get married, her grandparents give her no choice. History is repeating itself: Deya’s mother, Isra, also had no choice when she left Palestine as a teenager to marry Adam. Though Deya was raised to believe her parents died in a car accident, a secret note from a mysterious yet familiar-looking woman makes her question everything she was told about her past. As the narrative alternates between the lives of Deya and Isra, the dark, complex secrets behind their community are gradually revealed.