{"product_id":"too-soon-hardcover","title":"Too Soon - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBetty Shamieh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A Palestinian American \u003ci\u003eSex and the City\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic \u003c\/i\u003e - \"Wonderfully brash and sparkling...This book fills in gaps in our understanding.\" --\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e - \"Shamieh balances her characters' painful family history and their boisterously funny voices.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA funny, sexy, and heart-wrenching literary debut that explores exile, ambition, and hope across three generations of Palestinian American women.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArabella gets an unexpected chance at love when she's thrust into a conflict and history she's tried to avoid all her life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Zoya is playing matchmaker for her last unmarried granddaughter and stirring up buried memories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Naya is keeping a secret from her children that will change all their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thirty-five-year-old Arabella, a New York theatre director whose dating and career prospects are drying up, is offered an opportunity to direct a risqu? 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... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With 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?\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47262953308409,"sku":"9781668046548","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/4ct_Za-gv-9781668046548.webp?v=1768813775","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/too-soon-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}