{"product_id":"evil-eye-9780063211728","title":"Evil Eye","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"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, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Last Romantics \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eCommunity Board\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe acclaimed \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eA Woman Is No Man\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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\u003cem\u003e, A Woman Is No Man\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, \"The Most Anticipated Books of the Year\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Large Print\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063211728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Etaf Rum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43040157139125,"sku":"9780063211728","price":28.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e97cdb53-34a7-4449-bff5-45264ec6f878.jpg?v=1689085865","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/evil-eye-9780063211728","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}