
Behind You Is the Sea
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Rasha Zamamiri
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Ali Nasser
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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD
""A beautiful portrait of a family reaching for their dreams while holding on to their roots.""—Publishers Weekly
""Each chapter reads like a small masterpiece.""—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American community in Baltimore—from young activists in conflict with their traditional parents to the poor who clean for the rich—lives which intersect across divides of class, generation, and religion.
Funny and touching, Behind You Is the Sea brings us into the homes and lives of three main families—the Baladis, the Salamehs, and the Ammars—Palestinian immigrants who’ve all found a different welcome in America.
Their various fates and struggles cause their community dynamic to sizzle and sometimes explode: The wealthy Ammar family employs young Maysoon Baladi, whose own family struggles financially, to clean up after their spoiled teenagers. Meanwhile, Marcus Salameh confronts his father in an effort to protect his younger sister for “dishonoring” their name. Only a trip to Palestine, where Marcus experiences an unexpected and dramatic transformation, can bridge this seemingly unbridgeable divide between the two generations.
Behind You Is the Sea faces stereotypes about Palestinian culture head-on and, shifting perspectives to weave a complex social fabric replete with weddings, funerals, broken hearts, and devastating secrets.
©2024 Susan Muaddi Darraj (P)2024 HarperCollins PublishersLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
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Oye
- A Novel
- De: Melissa Mogollon
- Narrado por: Elena Rey
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
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Luciana is the baby of her large Colombian American family. And despite usually being relegated to the sidelines, she now finds herself the voice of reason in the middle of their unexpected crisis. Her older sister, Mari, is away at college and reduced to a mere listening ear on the other end of their many phone calls, so when South Florida residents are ordered to evacuate before a hurricane, it’s up to Luciana to deal with her eccentric grandmother, Abue, who’s refusing to leave. But the storm isn’t the only danger.
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Family
- De Vicki L. Wright en 08-31-24
De: Melissa Mogollon
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The Queen of Fourteenth Street
- De: Barrie Kreinik
- Narrado por: Barrie Kreinik, Orlagh Cassidy, Imani Jade Powers, y otros
- Duración: 1 h y 38 m
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New York City, 1932: Eva Le Gallienne is trying to save her theatre company from the jaws of the Depression by mounting an innovative new production of Alice in Wonderland. She agrees to give a radio interview for the sake of publicity, but while revisiting the moments that shaped her career, she struggles with the need to keep a significant secret: she and her leading lady are in love. As Eva’s work careens toward catastrophe, she fights to preserve her dream of a people’s theatre—but will she destroy the people she loves in the process?
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An immersive and compelling audiobook drama
- De Audiobook Fanatic en 09-16-24
De: Barrie Kreinik
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Crow Talk
- A Novel
- De: Eileen Garvin
- Narrado por: Helen Laser
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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Frankie O’Neill and Anne Ryan would seem to have nothing in common. Frankie is a lonely ornithologist struggling to salvage her dissertation on the spotted owl following a rift with her advisor. Anne is an Irish musician far from home and family, raising her five-year-old son, Aiden, who refuses to speak. When Frankie finds an injured baby crow in the forest, little does she realize that the charming bird will bring all three lost souls—Frankie, Anne, and Aiden—together on a journey toward hope, healing, and rediscovering joy.
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Good Read Based in the Columbia Gorge
- De flowermama en 11-09-24
De: Eileen Garvin
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Hope and Glory
- A Novel
- De: Jendella Benson
- Narrado por: Kelechi Okafor
- Duración: 11 h y 3 m
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Glory Akindele returns to London from her seemingly glamorous life in LA to mourn the sudden death of her father, only to find her previously close family has fallen apart in her absence. Her brother, Victor, is in jail and won’t speak to her because she didn’t come home for his trial. Her older sister, Faith, once a busy career woman, appears to have lost her independence and ambition, and is instead channeling her energies into holding together a perfect suburban family.
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Great book, ending left me wanting more
- De Jessica Cofield en 08-05-22
De: Jendella Benson
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Sea Change
- A Novel
- De: Gina Chung
- Narrado por: Jeena Yi
- Duración: 8 h y 14 m
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Ro is stuck. She's just entered her thirties, she's estranged from her mother, and her boyfriend has just left her to join a mission to Mars. Her days are spent dragging herself to her menial job at the aquarium, and her nights are spent drinking sharktinis (Mountain Dew and copious amounts of gin, plus a hint of jalapeño). With her best friend pulling away to focus on her upcoming wedding, Ro's only companion is Dolores, a giant Pacific octopus who also happens to be Ro's last remaining link to her father, a marine biologist who disappeared while on an expedition when Ro was a teenager.
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Had me cryin cooking dinner
- De Sophia capaldi en 03-05-25
De: Gina Chung
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The Ocean Above Me
- A Novel
- De: Kevin Sites
- Narrado por: Graham Halstead
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
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Former war correspondent Lukas Landon is alone, trapped under 150-feet of water in an overturned shrimp trawler at the bottom of the ocean. The only thing keeping him alive is an air bubble in the ship’s bow. But the water level is rising, and time is running out. Landon doesn’t know if he will survive . . . or if he even deserves to.
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Boring
- De Amazon Customer en 04-22-24
De: Kevin Sites
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Lola in the Mirror
- A Novel
- De: Trent Dalton
- Narrado por: Victoria Graves
- Duración: 13 h y 36 m
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A girl and her mother have been on the run for sixteen years, from the monster they left in their kitchen with a knife in his throat and the police who want to make them pay for his death. Home is now a van with four flat tires in a junkyard by the edge of the Brisbane River. The girl has no name, because names are dangerous when you're on the run. But she has a dream.
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Trent Dalton is a Titan of Literature
- De Brianna Blacet en 09-28-24
De: Trent Dalton
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The Great Reclamation
- A Novel
- De: Rachel Heng
- Narrado por: Windson Liong
- Duración: 15 h y 39 m
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Ah Boon is born into a fishing village amid the heat and beauty of twentieth-century coastal Singapore in the waning years of British rule. He is a gentle boy who is not much interested in fishing, preferring to spend his days playing with the neighbor girl, Siok Mei. But when he discovers he has the unique ability to locate bountiful, movable islands that no one else can find, he feels a new sense of obligation and possibility—something to offer the community and impress the spirited girl he has come to love.
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Fantastic historic fiction, and a change of pace
- De Geonn Cannon en 04-12-23
De: Rachel Heng
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Glory
- A Novel
- De: NoViolet Bulawayo
- Narrado por: Chipo Chung
- Duración: 16 h y 10 m
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NoViolet Bulawayo’s bold new novel follows the fall of the Old Horse, the long-serving leader of a fictional country, and the drama that follows for a rumbustious nation of animals on the path to true liberation. Inspired by the unexpected fall by coup in November 2017 of Robert G. Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s president of nearly four decades, Glory shows a country's imploding, narrated by a chorus of animal voices that unveil the ruthlessness required to uphold the illusion of absolute power and the imagination and bulletproof optimism to overthrow it completely.
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I am of two minds
- De B.A.B. en 03-27-22
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Shit Cassandra Saw
- Stories
- De: Gwen E. Kirby
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan, Sura Siu, Rob Shapiro, y otros
- Duración: 6 h y 26 m
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Cassandra may have seen the future, but it doesn't mean she's resigned to telling the Trojans everything she knows. In this ebullient collection, virgins escape from being sacrificed, witches refuse to be burned, whores aren't ashamed, and every woman gets a chance to be a radioactive cockroach warrior who snaps back at catcallers.
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Delightful collection of feminist short stories
- De SB en 01-13-22
De: Gwen E. Kirby
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Berlin
- A Novel
- De: Bea Setton
- Narrado por: Ell Potter
- Duración: 9 h y 2 m
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When Daphne arrives in Berlin, the last thing she expects is to run into more drama than she left behind. Of course, she knew she'd need to do the usual: make friends, acquire lovers, grapple with German and a whole new way of life. She even expected the long nights gorging alone on family-sized jars of Nutella, and the pitfalls of online dating in another language. The paranoia, the second-guessing of her every choice, the covert behaviors? Probably come with the territory. But one night, when Daphne is alone in her apartment, something strange, unnerving and entirely unexpected intervenes.
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A modern day Bell Jar!!
- De elizabeth houser en 06-27-24
De: Bea Setton
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Play the Fool
- A Mystery
- De: Lina Chern
- Narrado por: Kristen Sieh
- Duración: 9 h y 34 m
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For Katie True, a keen gut and quick wit are just tools of the trade. After a failed attempt at adulting in Chicago, she’s back in the suburbs living a bit too close to her overbearing parents, jumping from one dead-end job to the next, and flipping through her tarot deck for guidance. Then along comes Marley. Katie thinks that with their friendship, she just might make it through this rough patch after all. Until the day when Katie, encouraged by Marley to practice soothsaying, reads the cards for someone who stumbles into her shop—and finds more than intel for her clairvoyance.
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5 stars
- De Beatrice en 03-31-23
De: Lina Chern
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All That's Left Unsaid
- A Novel
- De: Tracey Lien
- Narrado por: Aileen Huynh, Yen Nguyen, Amelia Nguyen
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
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Just let him go. These are the words Ky Tran will forever regret. The words she spoke when her parents called to ask if they should let her younger brother Denny out to celebrate his high school graduation with friends. That night, Denny—optimistic, guileless, brilliant Denny—is brutally murdered inside a busy restaurant in the Sydney suburb of Cabramatta, a refugee enclave facing violent crime, an indifferent police force, and the worst heroin epidemic in Australian history.
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Author is obsessed with going #2
- De LS en 09-14-22
De: Tracey Lien
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Mother of Strangers
- A Novel
- De: Suad Amiry
- Narrado por: Amin El Gamal, Lameece Issaq
- Duración: 7 h y 50 m
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Based on the true story of two Jaffa teenagers, Mother of Strangers follows the daily lives of Subhi, a fifteen-year-old mechanic, and Shams, the thirteen-year-old student he hopes to marry one day. In this prosperous and cosmopolitan port city, with its bustling markets, cinemas, and cafés on the hills overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, we meet many other unforgettable characters as well....
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Absolutely amazing story of the Nakba
- De Amazon Customer en 02-04-23
De: Suad Amiry
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- samer
- 01-12-25
The humanity of the characters
This book made me laugh, cry and feel all the feelings in between. The characters were full, deep and representative of a sliver of that Arab diaspora in America. The longing and nostalgia for the homeland is well characterized and deeply touching.
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- Amber S.
- 02-10-24
The richness of the story and Marcus and his father
Did not like Marcus as a cop and felt this real sadness and empathy for his dad. The stories of all the parents and grandparents were nice. Hiba s grandparents were a real soft spot for me. Really easy listen
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- A living
- 08-24-24
Realistic
It is so wonderful to listen to the stories of glimpses of peoples lives and the cultural clashes. It captured the Arabs feelings from different perspectives.
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- Phillip Straghalis
- 05-22-24
 describes life in exile perfectly
The author his masterful woven the lives of very different Palistine families living in exile.
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- Steve
- 12-02-24
Poignant vignettes
Behind You Is the Sea is a compelling series of stories of various Arab-American characters loosely tied together by family or community.
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- Stacy
- 01-18-24
Family and tradition woven throughout
Behind You Is the Sea shares through many characters, the lives of Palestinian Americans living in the Baltimore area. The intergenerational stories share so many relationships — siblings, parent-child, child-grandparent, and adult-child and parent. The characters' lives are messy and touching and heartfelt. The power of family and tradition — good and bad — is woven through every scene. This novel has all the feels. These families will stay with you after the last page is read.
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- Suzanna
- 04-25-24
Wonderful
I wanted to savor this book. Beautifully written, the book has well developed, multi-faceted, and interesting characters. It's about families, love, and loss. I'm looking forward to more books by this talented author!
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- Melahdeedah
- 02-20-24
Beautiful
The stories are so raw but beautiful. You gain and huge understanding for families who are either in Palestine or immigrated to the US in hopes for a better future. The stories sit with you and I’m so thankful to have picked this up to listen to. 🍉
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- FlowingRiver
- 02-12-24
Poetic short stories.
Simple, elegant, authentic and profound. These stories will stay with me for a long time. They cut right through to our universal humanity while paying homage to a cultural heritage.
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- Samantha
- 07-02-24
Beautiful
This was a truly touching story. It follows several generations of Palestinians who immigrated to the U.S. It explored the difficulty between the generations who were born in the U.S. and the parents who were still tied to their cultural backgrounds.
I really enjoyed seeing the world from their different viewpoint as well as the similarities that is just a part of life. Very heartfelt and well written.
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