The map of Salt and Stars

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Call Number: Adult Book / Fiction / General / Joukhadar, Jennifer Zeynab, Fiction / Joukhadar, Jennifer
On Shelf At: Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch

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"In the summer of 2011, just after Nour loses her father to cancer, her mother moves Nour and her sisters from New York City back to Syria to be closer to their family. In order to keep her father's spirit as she adjusts to her new home, Nour tells herself their favorite story--the tale of Rawiya, a twelfth-century girl who disguised herself as a boy in order to apprentice herself to a famous mapmaker. But the Syria Nour's parents knew is changing, and it isn't long before the war reaches their quiet Homs neighborhood. When a stray shell destroys Nour's house and almost takes her life, she and her family are forced to choose: stay and risk more violence or flee across seven countries of the Middle East and North Africa in search of safety--along the very route Rawiya and her mapmaker took eight hundred years before in their quest to chart the world"--Amazon.com.

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Good book submitted by Xris on December 11, 2021, 9:36pm It took me a little while to get into the book because of the synesthesia Nour had and the two different timelines, but once it had me, I need to know how it all ended. I liked how the maps and the trips in the two timelines brought them together. I was also glad of strong female characters. And I learned more about the culture of the Middle East and Northern Africa.

Relevant and timely submitted by mowjac on June 11, 2022, 5:36pm I enjoyed the beautiful prose, almost fairy tale like, for the past timeline, and the sharpness of the modern one was a great contrast. I found Nour's story heartbreaking and authentic compared with non-fiction stories from modern refugees. The map on the flyleaf is enticing, encouraging a different world view. Very sympathetic characters.