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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand
- Unbranded
- Type
- Novel
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- MPN
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9781668046548
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1668046547
ISBN-13
9781668046548
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12068262456
Product Key Features
Book Title
Too Soon : a Novel
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Contemporary Women, Literary
Publication Year
2025
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
16.9 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2024-030545
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"An astute, engaging portrayal of three generations of feisty, resilient women who are, each in their own way, forced to start over from the bottom and claw their way back to the top." -- San Francisco Chronicle, "Shamieh's tone--present throughout, but strongest in Arabella's sections--is confiding and chatty, a Carrie Bradshaw if Carrie had to worry about getting detained at Ben Gurion Airport by Israeli guards for eight hours. But this book isn't fluffy: Its ethically complex characters carry heavy weights. Shamieh refuses easy moral lessons, aiming for complexity and nuance with a light, voicey touch." -- Kirkus Reviews, " Too Soon is a deeply moving and humorous novel about the Palestinian and Palestinian American experience. Spanning decades and moving back and forth through time, Shamieh's story explores the lives of three generations of Palestinian women. Through the voices of her unforgettable characters, Shamieh dramatizes a wide range of complex themes, including identity, the meaning of home, war, romance, the creation of art, and the trauma of forced displacement. An exhilarating read." --Ghassan Zeineddine, author of Dearborn, "This fiercely funny, sexy, and culturally resonant saga follows the interwoven threads of three generations of Palestinian women. . . . A drama about displacement, love, and freedom." -- PEOPLE , "Best Books of January 2025", " Too Soon is about what it means to leave home, what it means to return home, and what happens when home is an elusive concept. Sharp, propulsive, and irreverent, this story is profound without ever becoming ponderous--and I haven't been this excited about a debut novel in a long time." --Rebecca Makkai, author of I Have Some Questions for You, "A vibrantly affecting debut novel . . . Too Soon is rich in history, wit, and heart. Shamieh's assured voice tells a complicated story in nuanced and meaningful ways." -- WBUR, " Too Soon is about what it means to leave home, what it means to return home, and what happens when home is an elusive concept. Sharp, propulsive, and irreverent, this story is profound without ever becoming ponderous--and I haven't been this excited about a debut novel in a long time." --Rebecca Makkai, author of I Have Some Questions for You " Too Soon braids the lives of three passionate Palestinian women as they move through a turbulent century. From a sparkling harborside home in Jaffa in the forties, to the slums of Detroit in the sixties and the stages of contemporary New York theater, each generation must contend with patriarchy within her community and prejudice from outside it. A deft, honest novel that refuses to shun complexity as it explores the costs of love and motherhood." -- Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize - winning author " Too Soon is a multi-generational tale of ambition, war, and reinvention. Its fierce and witty narrators are women, grandmother, mother, and daughter, struggling to plot lives and destinies beyond history's confines. History here is nations at war; history is embattled families; history is expecting wives and daughters to put marriage before art and duty before desire. Arabella, the granddaughter, is a theatre director who stages Shakespeare's tragedies as if they were comedies and vice versa. This is exactly what Shamieh does in this book. Simplicities disappear. New interpretations and intricacies emerge. A writer outwits the confines of history." -- Margo Jefferson, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, author of Constructing a Nervous System "An unpredictable and expansive novel of history's intimate grip on the present. Three generations of Palestinian women fight for their lives, passions, and talents while facing exile, male power, and a corrupt art world. They each strategize survival in specific and recognizable ways, stretching the possible. Betty Shamieh's characters are real-to-life complex individuals who will keep readers surprised and moved. A book that expands the range of American fiction." --Sarah Schulman, author of Let the Record Show, "For a book titled Too Soon, you will certainly not soon forget these powerful voices Shamieh presents to us." -- Chicago Review of Books, "Palestinian-American playwright Shamieh makes her wonderfully brash and sparkling fiction debut with this novel of three generations. . . . Funny, sexy, and often furious, this book fills in gaps in our understanding." -- Oprah Daily, " Too Soon braids the lives of three passionate Palestinian women as they move through a turbulent century. From a sparkling harborside home in Jaffa in the forties, to the slums of Detroit in the sixties and the stages of contemporary New York theater, each generation must contend with patriarchy within her community and prejudice from outside it. A deft, honest novel that refuses to shun complexity as it explores the costs of love and motherhood." -- Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize - winning author
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Synopsis
Too Soon can only be described as the Palestinian American Pachinko as told by Ali Wong--a funny, sexy, heart-wrenching literary debut following three generations of women, perfect for readers of Etaf Rum and Candice Carty-Williams, with early praise from Geraldine Brooks: "A deft, honest novel that refuses to shun complexity as it explores the costs of love and motherhood.", "Fiercely funny, sexy, and culturally resonant." -- People , Best Books of the Month * "Shamieh balances her characters' painful family history and their boisterously funny voices." -- The New Yorker A "wonderfully brash and sparkling" ( Oprah Daily ) novel that explores exile, love, and freedom across three generations of women--"a Palestinian American Sex and the City " ( The Atlantic ). Arabella gets an unexpected chance at love when she's thrust into a conflict and history she's tried to avoid all her life. Zoya is playing matchmaker for her last unmarried granddaughter and stirring up buried memories. Naya is keeping a secret from her children that will change all their lives. Thirty-five-year-old Arabella, a New York theatre director whose dating and career prospects are drying up, is offered an opportunity to direct a risqué cross-dressing interpretation of a Shakespeare classic--that might garner international attention--in the West Bank. Her mother, Naya, and grandmother, Zoya, hatch a plot to match her with Aziz, a Palestinian American doctor volunteering in Gaza. Arabella agrees to meet Aziz, since her growing feelings for Yoav, a celebrated Israeli American theatre designer, seem destined for disaster... With biting hilarity, Too Soon introduces us to a trio of bold and unforgettable voices. This dramatic saga follows one family's epic journey fleeing war-torn Jaffa in 1948, chasing the American Dream in Detroit and San Francisco in the sixties and seventies, hustling in the New York theatre scene post-9/11, and daring to stage a show in Palestine in 2012. Upon learning one of them is living on borrowed time, the three women fight to live, make art, and love on their own terms. A funny, sexy, and heart-wrenching literary debut, Too Soon illuminates our shared history and asks, how can we set ourselves free?, "Fiercely funny, sexy, and culturally resonant." -- People , Best Books of the Month - "Shamieh balances her characters' painful family history and their boisterously funny voices." -- The New Yorker A "wonderfully brash and sparkling" ( Oprah Daily ) novel that explores exile, love, and freedom across three generations of women--"a Palestinian American Sex and the City " ( The Atlantic ). Arabella gets an unexpected chance at love when she's thrust into a conflict and history she's tried to avoid all her life. Zoya is playing matchmaker for her last unmarried granddaughter and stirring up buried memories. Naya is keeping a secret from her children that will change all their lives. Thirty-five-year-old Arabella, a New York theatre director whose dating and career prospects are drying up, is offered an opportunity to direct a risqué cross-dressing interpretation of a Shakespeare classic--that might garner international attention--in the West Bank. Her mother, Naya, and grandmother, Zoya, hatch a plot to match her with Aziz, a Palestinian American doctor volunteering in Gaza. Arabella agrees to meet Aziz, since her growing feelings for Yoav, a celebrated Israeli American theatre designer, seem destined for disaster... With biting hilarity, Too Soon introduces us to a trio of bold and unforgettable voices. This dramatic saga follows one family's epic journey fleeing war-torn Jaffa in 1948, chasing the American Dream in Detroit and San Francisco in the sixties and seventies, hustling in the New York theatre scene post-9/11, and daring to stage a show in Palestine in 2012. Upon learning one of them is living on borrowed time, the three women fight to live, make art, and love on their own terms. A funny, sexy, and heart-wrenching literary debut, Too Soon illuminates our shared history and asks, how can we set ourselves free?
LC Classification Number
PS3619.H35426T66
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