The Resource A woman is no man : a novel, Etaf Rum
A woman is no man : a novel, Etaf Rum
Resource Information
The item A woman is no man : a novel, Etaf Rum represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item A woman is no man : a novel, Etaf Rum represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
-
- Three generations of Palestinian-American women in contemporary Brooklyn are torn by individual desire, educational ambitions, a devastating tragedy, and the strict mores of traditional Arab culture
- Palestine, 1990. Seventeen-year-old Isra prefers reading books to entertaining the suitors her father has chosen for her. Over the course of a week, the naïve and dreamy girl finds herself quickly betrothed and married, and is soon living in Brooklyn. There Isra struggles to adapt to the expectations of her oppressive mother-in-law Fareeda and strange new husband Adam, a pressure that intensifies as she begins to have children--four daughters instead of the sons Fareeda tells Isra she must bear. Brooklyn, 2008. Eighteen-year-old Deya, Isra's oldest daughter, must meet with potential husbands at her grandmother Fareeda's insistence, though her only desire is to go to college. Deya can't help but wonder if her options would have been different had her parents survived the car crash that killed them when Deya was only eight. But her grandmother is firm on the matter: the only way to secure a worthy future for Deya is through marriage to the right man. But fate has a will of its own, and soon Deya will find herself on an unexpected path that leads her to shocking truths about her family--knowledge that will force her to question everything she thought she knew about her parents, the past, and her own future. Set in an America at once foreign to many and staggeringly close at hand, A Woman Is No Man is a story of culture and honor, secrets and betrayals, love and violence. It is an intimate glimpse into a controlling and closed cultural world, and a universal tale about family and the ways silence and shame can destroy those we have sworn to protect. -- Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 337 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062699763
- Label
- A woman is no man : a novel
- Title
- A woman is no man
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Etaf Rum
- Subject
-
- Children of immigrants -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Fiction
- New York (State) -- New York
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Palestinian Americans
- Palestinian Americans -- Fiction
- Women
- Women -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
- New York (State) -- New York | Brooklyn
- Children of immigrants
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- Three generations of Palestinian-American women in contemporary Brooklyn are torn by individual desire, educational ambitions, a devastating tragedy, and the strict mores of traditional Arab culture
- Palestine, 1990. Seventeen-year-old Isra prefers reading books to entertaining the suitors her father has chosen for her. Over the course of a week, the naïve and dreamy girl finds herself quickly betrothed and married, and is soon living in Brooklyn. There Isra struggles to adapt to the expectations of her oppressive mother-in-law Fareeda and strange new husband Adam, a pressure that intensifies as she begins to have children--four daughters instead of the sons Fareeda tells Isra she must bear. Brooklyn, 2008. Eighteen-year-old Deya, Isra's oldest daughter, must meet with potential husbands at her grandmother Fareeda's insistence, though her only desire is to go to college. Deya can't help but wonder if her options would have been different had her parents survived the car crash that killed them when Deya was only eight. But her grandmother is firm on the matter: the only way to secure a worthy future for Deya is through marriage to the right man. But fate has a will of its own, and soon Deya will find herself on an unexpected path that leads her to shocking truths about her family--knowledge that will force her to question everything she thought she knew about her parents, the past, and her own future. Set in an America at once foreign to many and staggeringly close at hand, A Woman Is No Man is a story of culture and honor, secrets and betrayals, love and violence. It is an intimate glimpse into a controlling and closed cultural world, and a universal tale about family and the ways silence and shame can destroy those we have sworn to protect. -- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- NjBwBT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rum, Etaf
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3618.U564
- LC item number
- W66 2019
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Palestinian Americans
- Children of immigrants
- Women
- Children of immigrants
- Palestinian Americans
- Women
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- New York (State)
- New York (State)
- Label
- A woman is no man : a novel, Etaf Rum
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 337 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062699763
- Lccn
- bl2019001856
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1088407854
- (OCoLC)on1088407854
- Label
- A woman is no man : a novel, Etaf Rum
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 337 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062699763
- Lccn
- bl2019001856
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1088407854
- (OCoLC)on1088407854
Subject
- Children of immigrants -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Fiction
- New York (State) -- New York
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Palestinian Americans
- Palestinian Americans -- Fiction
- Women
- Women -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
- New York (State) -- New York | Brooklyn
- Children of immigrants
Genre
Library Links
Embed
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.manchesterlibrary.org/portal/A-woman-is-no-man--a-novel-Etaf-Rum/SD7ZQkiI02I/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.manchesterlibrary.org/portal/A-woman-is-no-man--a-novel-Etaf-Rum/SD7ZQkiI02I/">A woman is no man : a novel, Etaf Rum</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.manchesterlibrary.org/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.manchesterlibrary.org/">Manchester City Library</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Item A woman is no man : a novel, Etaf Rum
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.manchesterlibrary.org/portal/A-woman-is-no-man--a-novel-Etaf-Rum/SD7ZQkiI02I/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.manchesterlibrary.org/portal/A-woman-is-no-man--a-novel-Etaf-Rum/SD7ZQkiI02I/">A woman is no man : a novel, Etaf Rum</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.manchesterlibrary.org/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.manchesterlibrary.org/">Manchester City Library</a></span></span></span></span></div>
