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*As featured as an editor''s pick on Radio Four''s OPEN BOOK*

*One of the Guardian''s books to look out for in 2024*

An immersive feminist novel that meshes the personal and political to moving effect Preti Taneja, Financial Times

A brilliant novel of the Palestinian diaspora. Funny and gritty, and bursting with life and humour Ahdaf Soueif, Guardian

Born a girl to parents who expected a boy, Jihad grows up treated like the eldest son, wearing boy''s clothing and sharing the financial burden of head of the household with her father.

Now middle-aged, each night Jihad tells her daughter a story from her life. As Maleka prepares to leave home to attend university abroad, her mother revisits the past of their Palestinian family, tenderly describing their life in exile in Kuwait and her own experiences of love and loss as she grows up.

Huzama Habayeb weaves a richly observed and affectionate portra

Before the Queen Falls Asleep

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      Publisher: Quercus Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/28/2024
      ISBN13: 9781529415650, 978-1529415650
      ISBN10: 1529415659
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      *As featured as an editor''s pick on Radio Four''s OPEN BOOK*

      *One of the Guardian''s books to look out for in 2024*

      An immersive feminist novel that meshes the personal and political to moving effect Preti Taneja, Financial Times

      A brilliant novel of the Palestinian diaspora. Funny and gritty, and bursting with life and humour Ahdaf Soueif, Guardian

      Born a girl to parents who expected a boy, Jihad grows up treated like the eldest son, wearing boy''s clothing and sharing the financial burden of head of the household with her father.

      Now middle-aged, each night Jihad tells her daughter a story from her life. As Maleka prepares to leave home to attend university abroad, her mother revisits the past of their Palestinian family, tenderly describing their life in exile in Kuwait and her own experiences of love and loss as she grows up.

      Huzama Habayeb weaves a richly observed and affectionate portra

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