{"product_id":"love-is-an-ex-country-randa-jarrar-9781646221226","title":"Love Is an Ex-Country: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eQueer. Muslim. Arab American. A proudly Fat femme. Randa Jarrar is all of these things. In this \"exuberant, defiant and introspective\" memoir of a cross-country road trip, she explores how to claim joy in an unraveling and hostile America (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Randa Jarrar is a fearless voice of dissent who has been called \"politically incorrect\" (Michelle Goldberg, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). As an American raised for a time in Egypt, and finding herself captivated by the story of a celebrated Egyptian belly dancer's journey across the United States in the 1940s, she sets off from her home in California to her parents' in Connecticut. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Coloring this road trip are journeys abroad and recollections of a life lived with daring. Reclaiming her autonomy after a life of survival--domestic assault as a child, and later, as a wife; threats and doxxing after her viral tweet about Barbara Bush--Jarrar offers a bold look at domestic violence, single motherhood, and sexuality through the lens of the punished-yet-triumphant body. On the way, she schools a rest-stop racist, destroys Confederate flags in the desert, and visits the Chicago neighborhood where her immigrant parents first lived. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hailed as \"one of the finest writers of her generation\" (Laila Lalami), Jarrar delivers a euphoric and critical, funny and profound memoir that will speak to anyone who has felt erased, asserting: \u003ci\u003eI am here. I am joyful.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Randa Jarrar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646221222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646221226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.59w x 0.69d","brand":"Randa Jarrar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069487542527,"sku":"9781646221226","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd496708-fa16-4cf0-b362-289eaca1811e.jpg?v=1685424980","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/love-is-an-ex-country-randa-jarrar-9781646221226","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}