{"product_id":"salt-houses-9781328915856","title":"Salt Houses","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the Arab American Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by NPR * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNylon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBustle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBookPage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Moving and beautifully written.\" -- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On the eve of her daughter Alia's wedding, Salma reads the girl's future in a cup of coffee dregs. She sees an unsettled life for Alia and her children; she also sees travel and luck. While she chooses to keep her predictions to herself that day, they will all soon come to pass when the family is uprooted in the wake of the Six-Day War of 1967. \u003cbr\u003e Lyrical and heartbreaking, S\u003ci\u003ealt Houses\u003c\/i\u003e follows three generations of a Palestinian family and asks us to confront that most devastating of all truths: you can't go home again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" Alyan is] a master.\" -- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Beautiful . . . An example of how fiction is often the best filter for the real world around us.\" -- NPR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Gorgeous and sprawling . . . Heart-wrenching, lyrical and timely.\" -- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalt Houses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e] illustrate s] the inherited longing and sense of dislocation passed like a baton from mother to daughter.\" -- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781328915856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Hala Alyan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36649016033436,"sku":"9781328915856","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3021b3e5-0879-464a-a97c-8f40f9554b4d.jpg?v=1603871738","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/salt-houses-9781328915856","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}