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100 1  Darraj, Susan Muaddi,|eauthor. 
245 10 Behind you is the sea :|ba novel /|cSusan Muaddi Darraj 
250    First HarperVia edition 
264  1 London :|bHarperVia,|c2024 
300    245 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
520 8  An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse 
       residents of a Palestinian American community in Baltimore
       -from young activists in conflict with their traditional 
       parents to the poor who clean for the rich-lives which 
       intersect across divides of class, generation, and 
       religion.Funny and touching, Behind You Is the Sea brings 
       us into the homes and lives of three main families-the 
       Baladis, the Salamehs, and the Ammars-Palestinian 
       immigrants who've all found a different welcome in 
       America.Their various fates and struggles cause their 
       community dynamic to sizzle and sometimes explode: The 
       wealthy Ammar family employs young Maysoon Baladi, whose 
       family struggles financially, to clean up after their 
       spoiled teenagers. Meanwhile, Marcus Salameh, whose aunt 
       married into the wealthy Ammar family, confronts his 
       father in an effort to protect his younger sister for 
       "dishonoring" the family. Only a trip to Palestine, where 
       Marcus experiences an unexpected and dramatic 
       transformation, can bridge this seemingly unbridgeable 
       divide between the two generations.Behind You Is the Sea 
       faces stereotypes about Palestinian culture head-on and, 
       shifting perspectives to weave a complex social fabric 
       replete with weddings, funerals, broken hearts, and 
       devastating secrets 
650  0 Palestinian Americans|zMaryland|zBaltimore|vFiction. 
650  0 Muslims|vFiction. 
650  0 Parent and child|vFiction. 
650  0 Social classes|vFiction. 
650  0 Poverty|vFiction. 
650  0 Bildungsromans. 
651  0 Baltimore (Md.)|vFiction. 
655  7 Psychological fiction.|2lcgft