I’LL LOOK MYSELF IN THE EYES by Rim Battal, trans. Liza Tripp
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This gem of a novel reveals with dazzling prose the many ways patriarchy can cause betrayal from those whose protection we actually need the most. With bite and humor, Battal explores how the wounds our parents inflict often derive from their own fragility and trauma and how with time our anger can transform into grace. A deeply powerful story.
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In 1992, just after the fall of the Soviet Union, a Ukrainian-American woman travels to Ukraine and boards a bus on an unlikely pilgrimage.
Ross maintains plenty of nerve-shredding tension and makes her lead's trauma palpable.
This slim but powerful debut autofiction by French-Moroccan poet and author Rim Battal offers a sharp and defiant statement on patriarchy and one woman’s resistance to violent tradition. Devastating and darkly humorous, I’ll Look Myself in the Eyes is a triumph.
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A multigenerational, multi-continental family saga that beautifully illustrates how home and the heart are one and the same. A heartfelt undertaking of empathy, curiosity, and discovery
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Thoroughly refreshing: an astute portrait of contemporary small-town America that's genuinely fun to read.
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