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Book Synopsis"Abu-Jaber's voluptuous prose features insights into the Arab American community that are wisely, warmly depicted."—
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Crescent is a rich, delicious concoction that has you rooting for the star-crossed lovers." -- John Muncie - The Baltimore Sun
"A story that unfolds beautifully, as lightly and naturally as a roll of silk." -- The Nation
"[A] lovely tale...an urgent mix of Scheherazade-style storytelling and treatise on the loneliness of exile." -- Andrea Spencer - Oregonian
"Abu-Jaber is a high-spirited, magnificently graceful storyteller, a poet of deliciously fluted fiction, character, and culture." -- Naomi Shihab Nye
"It is a story about how to cook and how to eat, and how to live in the new country. And, like all good novels, it is about how to tell a story." -- Sigrid Nunez
"[A] beautifully imagined and timely novel." -- Publishers Weekly
"Wise, spirited, and evocative." -- Library Journal
"Gorgeously written and deeply imagined, this novel is both a fable and a plea—a book that weaves a hypnotic, lasting spell." -- Beth Kephart - Book Magazine
"A powerful story about the loneliness of exile and the limits of love. An impressive second outing by Abu-Jaber." -- Kirkus Reviews
