{"product_id":"kaan-and-her-sisters-paperback","title":"Kaan and Her Sisters - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLena Khalaf Tuffaha\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLena Khalaf Tuffaha's \u003cem\u003eKaan and Her Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates the work of grief and survival, the sordid legacies of official historical record and the liberatory practice of intimate narration. Tuffaha writes in the liminal space between languages, personifying Arabic verbs who guide the reader through a \"history hurtling into the future.\" \u003cem\u003eKaan and Her Sisters \u003c\/em\u003ecenters character of the Arabic teacher, Miss Sahar, whose progressive displacements from Palestine and across Arab cities unfold in epistles, refashioned songs, and glimpses into the interiors of her lost home. In these disclosures, a study of time and a record of resistance to erasure emerges, and at its heart, the women who keep intergenerational memory. \"Our mothers miraculous, persevering.\/No maps are new to the ancestors.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \r\nABOUT THE AUTHOR: \r\nLena Khalaf Tuffaha is a poet, essayist, and translator. Her work has appeared in the Nation, New England Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Poetry Northwest, and Southern Humanities Review. Her debut collection of poems, Water \u0026amp; Salt, won the 2018 Washington State Book Award and was a finalist for the Arab American Book Award. She lives in Redmond, Washington with her family.\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 86\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42125647577223,"sku":"9781949487145","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/08a4143d144814e9a61cf2ebaf331dfe.webp?v=1732579005","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/kaan-and-her-sisters-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}