The coin : a novel /

"The Coin's narrator is a wealthy Palestinian woman with impeccable style and meticulous hygiene. And yet the ideal self, the ideal life, remains just out of reach: her inheritance is inaccessible, her homeland exists only in her memory, and her attempt to thrive in America seems doomed fr...

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Main Author: Zaher, Yasmin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Catapult, 2024.
Edition:First Catapult edition.
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