The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar [in Library Journal]
10 Sep, by in Adult Readers, Arab, Arab American, Audio, Fiction, Repost, Syrian, Syrian American
Two interwoven stories illuminate and haunt here, both about fatherless girls attached to mapmakers, each blurring gender lines, both enduring peripatetic, precarious journeys to reach family and safety. Twelve-year-old Nour commands her contemporary story – Manhattan-born, father lost to cancer, taken to Syria with two sisters...