{"product_id":"9781668046555","title":"9781668046555","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Fiercely funny, sexy, and culturally resonant.” —\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e, Best Books of the Month • “Shamieh balances her characters’ painful family history and their boisterously funny voices.” —\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA “wonderfully brash and sparkling” (\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, Best Books of the Year) novel that explores exile, love, and freedom across three generations of women—“a Palestinian American \u003ci\u003eSex and the City\u003c\/i\u003e” (\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArabella gets an unexpected chance at love when she’s thrust into a conflict and history she’s tried to avoid all her life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eZoya is playing matchmaker for her last unmarried granddaughter and stirring up buried memories.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNaya is keeping a secret from her children that will change all their lives.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThirty-five-year-old Arabella, a New York theatre director whose dating and career prospects are drying up, is offered an opportunity to direct a risqué cross-dressing interpretation of a Shakespeare classic—that might garner international attention—in the West Bank. Her mother, Naya, and grandmother, Zoya, hatch a plot to match her with Aziz, a Palestinian American doctor volunteering in Gaza. Arabella agrees to meet Aziz, since her growing feelings for Yoav, a celebrated Israeli American theatre designer, seem destined for disaster...\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith biting hilarity, \u003ci\u003eToo Soon \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces us to a trio of bold and unforgettable voices. This dramatic saga follows one family’s epic journey fleeing war-torn Jaffa in 1948, chasing the American Dream in Detroit and San Francisco in the sixties and seventies, hustling in the New York theatre scene post-9\/11, and daring to stage a show in Palestine in 2012. Upon learning one of them is living on borrowed time, the three women fight to live, make art, and love on their own terms. A funny, sexy, and heart-wrenching literary debut, \u003ci\u003eToo Soon \u003c\/i\u003eilluminates our shared history and asks, how can we set ourselves free?","brand":"Betty Shamieh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":52311827939610,"sku":"9781668046555","price":26.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0790\/0184\/6042\/files\/BNCImageAPI_92fc3824-a3a4-4007-a38f-fd0509ccf1ec.jpg?v=1780508654","url":"https:\/\/www.musicandbooksayr.com\/products\/9781668046555","provider":"Music \u0026 Books Ayr","version":"1.0","type":"link"}