{"product_id":"happiness-has-a-slippery-tail-9780776642598","title":"Happiness Has a Slippery Tail","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis novel paints the portrait of a Lebanese family that has settled in Montreal. The central figure is Dounia, a 75-year-old mother and grandmother. Hers is a story of loss--she first leaves her own village to live in her husband's hometown, and then is wrenched from her homeland, not once but twice, to live in a strange land whose language and customs are foreign to her. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDounia can neither read nor write, and she speaks only Arabic. Illiterate yet perceptive, nourished by Lebanese proverbs and pearls of wisdom, she has a unique and captivating voice. She struggles, yes, but manages to achieve fulfilment in her new world: \"My home is where my grandchildren are, clinging to my neck, calling me \u003ci\u003eSitto\u003c\/i\u003e Dounia [...] in my language. I want to die where my children and my grandchildren live.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbla Farhoud was an actor and playwright before becoming a novelist in 1998 with the publication of this novel, the French title of which was \u003ci\u003eLe bonheur a la queue glissante\u003c\/i\u003e, awarded the France-Québec - Philippe Rossillon Prize. Other novels followed, including \u003ci\u003eLe Sourire de la petite Juive\u003c\/i\u003e (published in English as \u003ci\u003eHutchison Street\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eLe dernier des Snoreux\u003c\/i\u003e, and the posthumous book \u003ci\u003eHavre-Saint-Pierre\u003c\/i\u003e. Abla Farhoud passed away in 2021.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780776642598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.33d","brand":"Abla Farhoud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52085497495733,"sku":"9780776642598","price":17.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d793b449-b9d7-4238-8866-85a618719ded.jpg?v=1765294341","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/happiness-has-a-slippery-tail-9780776642598","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}