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Mother Country - Etaf Rum (25)

  • ASIN: ‎ B0BXQ2MX5B
  • Publisher: ‎ Amazon Original Stories (April 27, 2023)
  • Kindle: ‎ 4098 KB
  • Print: ‎ 52 pages




A young Palestinian American woman comes to terms with the lessons imparted by her mother in an evocative story about sacrifice, resilience, and reinvention by the New York Times bestselling author of A Woman Is No Man.

A daughter and mother: two women miles, years, and dreams apart. One defies traditions and expectations. The other conforms to them, even in a new land. Their emotional distance grows while the daughter, now a wife and mother herself, comes to better understand the woman she’s become and why, as she ruminates on inherited trauma, the need to forgive, and the lengths she’ll go to free herself from the past.

Etaf Rum’s Mother Country is part of Good Intentions, a riveting collection of stories about the instincts, fears, and fierce love inherent in motherhood from award-winning, bestselling authors. Read or listen to each in a single sitting.


Etaf Rum is the New York Times bestselling author of A Woman Is No Man, which was named a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, among many other honors. She has a master of arts in American and British literature as well as undergraduate degrees in philosophy and English composition.


My review for book 1 in this series
My review for book 2 in the series
My review for book 3 in the series
My review for book 4 in the series


REVIEW:
I love the author's name... just want to say that first! I also enjoyed her style of writing and this story, although at times it was heartbreaking. The MC obviously had OCD. She was compulsively thinking about her mother and how to please her. I know we all want to please our parents, but this was not normal, it was extreme. She neglected herself, even though she thought she was finding herself. She was a good mom and yet disconnected at the same time. I finished the story feeling sorry for everyone involved. But that's good writing, right?!


4.5/5






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  1. Lisbeth May 25, 2023 at 7:14 AM

    Sounds like a fascinating read. I have not read so much about Palestinian women so it would be a good way to start.

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