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02699aam a2200397Ii 4500 001 4699573C65EE11EBAAA0DAE85DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210203010601 008 200804t20212021nyu 000 0aeng d 010 $a 2020942072 020 $a 1948226588 020 $a 9781948226585 035 $a (OCoLC)1181838955 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d PX0 $d IOU $d SILO 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Jarrar, Randa, $e author. 245 10 $a Love is an ex-country : $b a memoir / $c Randa Jarrar. 264 1 $a New York : $b Catapult, $c [2021] 300 $a 218 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "Queer. Muslim. Arab American. A proudly Fat woman. Randa Jarrar is all of these things. In this "viscerally elegant" and "intimately edgy" memoir of a cross-country road trip, she explores how to claim joy in an unraveling and hostile America. Randa Jarrar is a fearless voice of dissent who has been called "politically incorrect." 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. 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. 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: I am here. I am joyful."--provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Jarrar, Randa. 600 10 $a Jarrar, Randa $x Travel $z United States. 600 10 $a Jarrar, Randa $x Family. 650 0 $a Women authors, American $y 21st century $v Biography. 650 0 $a Authors, American $y 21st century $v Biography. 650 0 $a Palestinian Arabs $z United States. 650 0 $a Women, Palestinian Arab $v Biography. 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 5 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20240529010227.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314023259.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010022801.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20210302012035.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210203010655.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4699573C65EE11EBAAA0DAE85DECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search