{"product_id":"love-is-an-ex-country-a-memoir-9781948226585","title":"Love Is an Ex-Country: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eQueer. Muslim. Arab American. A proudly Fat femme. Randa Jarrar is all of these things. In this \"exuberant, defiant and introspective\" memoir of a cross-country road trip, she explores how to claim joy in an unraveling and hostile America (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Randa Jarrar is a fearless voice of dissent who has been called \"politically incorrect\" (Michelle Goldberg, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). As an American raised for a time in Egypt, and finding herself captivated by the story of a celebrated Egyptian belly dancer's journey across the United States in the 1940s, she sets off from her home in California to her parents' in Connecticut. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Coloring this road trip are journeys abroad and recollections of a life lived with daring. Reclaiming her autonomy after a life of survival--domestic assault as a child, and later, as a wife; threats and doxxing after her viral tweet about Barbara Bush--Jarrar offers a bold look at domestic violence, single motherhood, and sexuality through the lens of the punished-yet-triumphant body. On the way, she schools a rest-stop racist, destroys Confederate flags in the desert, and visits the Chicago neighborhood where her immigrant parents first lived. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hailed as \"one of the finest writers of her generation\" (Laila Lalami), Jarrar delivers a euphoric and critical, funny and profound memoir that will speak to anyone who has felt erased, asserting: \u003ci\u003eI am here. I am joyful.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRanda Jarrar\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eA Map of Home\u003c\/i\u003e and the collection of stories \u003ci\u003eHim, Me, Muhammad Ali\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBitch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She is a recipient of a Creative Capital Award and an American Book Award, as well as awards and fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, Hedgebrook, PEN, and others. A professor of creative writing and a performer, Jarrar lives in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50441396322578,"sku":"9781948226585","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_13944b12-7766-4f75-95b1-5335332d4f7d.jpg?v=1729665462","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/love-is-an-ex-country-a-memoir-9781948226585","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}