{"product_id":"breaking-vases-dima-ghawi-9780997809350","title":"Breaking Vases: Shattering Limitations \u0026 Daring to Thrive: A Middle Eastern Woman's Story","description":"Breaking Vases powerfully and vividly captures the rich heritage of one woman's Middle East, along with its brutal realities, which followed Dima Ghawi from her native Jordan to her adopted country, the United States. Brought up in a small, conservative Christian community in Amman, Dima learned to be quiet and subservient to her elders and to men. When she was just five, Dima's beloved grandmother warned that a woman's greatest responsibility was to preserve her image-one as fragile as a glass vase-and the honor of her family's reputation. Anything less was shameful. Yet her grandmother also planted a seed: the simple hope that Dima could graduate from college and become the first formally educated woman in her family.At nineteen, hoping to free herself from cultural constraints and her father's turbulent temper, she accepted a traditional marriage proposal from an older, affluent, and seemingly Western-minded jeweler. Newly married and in a state of na ve love, she happily uprooted her life in Amman and moved with him to California. But San Diego's \"Little Middle East\" was not her American dream. She soon realized that her husband was more traditional and controlling than she had imagined. Changing her circumstances would be dangerous and require courage Dima had never known before. Nevertheless, she was determined to transform her destiny, even if it meant standing alone and facing life-threatening consequences. Her memoir captures the terrors and joys of escaping confinements, crossing continents, and daring to discover and create a bold identity and life purpose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dima Ghawi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0997809353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780997809350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dima Ghawi, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.53d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndie Reader\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/30\/2018","brand":"Dima Ghawi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44138435576063,"sku":"9780997809350","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_412a0689-0299-4589-98a0-8b49fb15ff83.jpg?v=1687899649","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/breaking-vases-dima-ghawi-9780997809350","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}