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A Woman is No Man


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WOW!  The first five star read of the year!  This one blew me away.  I grew to appreciate the culture, people, loyalty and food of the Palestinian people.  I was troubled by the abuse women suffer at the hands of men - their fathers, their husbands.  The grow up in a culture knowing they don't have choices, knowing they always cover parts of themselves.  Whether with cloth or with silence.

The chapters were presented in three voices.  Mostly Ezra the mother and Deya the daughter, and occasionally the mother-in-law Frehda.  It began in Palestine and ended in Brooklyn.  Their home in America.

The ending caused be the most confusion and consternation at first.  I finished and didn't know what to think.  Was the ended that had been spelling out earlier not be true.  How could this newly described ending be happening.

And then realizing, it ain't over until it's over the ending I knew was true.  The last chapter took us to the edge and left us to connect the last scene with the one we knew.  It took several Good Reads (spoiler alert) reviews and a wonderful Bookstagrammer to explain how to connect the pieces.  After I understood I loved the ending.

Full of much to debate, much to digest and much to walk away with .. making it my first five star read of the year!

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