Growing up devoutly Muslim in her 1970s Indiana community, Syrian immigrant Najla Shamy and her siblings struggle to balance the cultures of America and their family, a coming-of-age challenge that the adult Najla remembers years later when she reconnects with friends from other mixed heritages. Original.
- | Author: Mohja Kahf
- | Publisher: PublicAffairs
- | Publication Date: September 12, 2006
- | Number of Pages: 448 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0786715197
- | ISBN-13: 9780786715190