The Skin And Its Girl A Novel

Description: A young queer Palestinian American woman pieces together her great - aunt's secrets in this enchanting memorable (Bustle) debut confronting questions of sexual identity exile and lineage. As beautifully detailed as a piece of Palestinian embroidery this bold vivid novel will speak to readers across genders cultures and identities. Diana Abu - Jaber author of Fencing with the King In a Pacific Northwest hospital far from the Rummani family's ancestral home in Palestine the heart of a stillborn baby begins to beat and her skin turns vibrantly permanently cobalt blue. On the same day the Rummanis centuries - old soap factory in Nablus is destroyed in an air strike. The family matriarch and keeper of their lore Aunt Nuha believes that the blue girl embodies their sacred history harkening back to a time when the Rummanis were among the wealthiest soap - makers and their blue soap was a symbol of a legendary love. Decades later Betty returns to Aunt Nuha's gravestone faced with a difficult decision: Should she stay in the only country she's ever known or should she follow her heart and the woman she loves perpetuating her family's cycle of exile? Betty finds her answer in partially translated notebooks that reveal her aunt's complex life and struggle with her own sexuality which Nuha hid to help the family immigrate to the United States. But as Betty soon discovers her aunt hid much more than that. The Skin and Its Girl is a searing poetic tale about desire and identity and a provocative exploration of how we let stories divide unite and define us and wield even the power to restore a broken family. Sarah Cypher is that rare debut novelist who writes with the mastery and flair of a seasoned storyteller.
Title: The Skin And Its Girl A Novel
Barcode: 9780593499535
Publication Date: 4/25/2023