04084cam a2200901 4500 1390777071 TxAuBib 20240710120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781646222117 1646222113 B0CKSJLMVB Amazon 645188ed-8651-4e13-b6ee-28fa2d613f99 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10198828 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Zaher, Yasmin. The Coin [Libby eBook] : A Novel. Catapult, 2024. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1395kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Contemporary Romance. American Literature. literary fiction. Women's Fiction. gifts for women. book club books. relationships. mental health. Coming of age. Short Stories. fiction books. gifts for her. books fiction. 21st century. Pop Culture. women gifts. Friendship. psychology. infidelity. Chick Lit. Sociology. marriage. Identity. feminist. romantic. feminism. Literary. romance. culture. society. fashion. Writing. Fiction. classic. family. novels. Comedy. Modern. Essays. gender. beauty. school. Death. women. Drama. coins. Music. love. art. HTML:<b>A bold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman's unraveling as she teaches at a New York City middle school, gets caught up in a scheme reselling Birkin bags, and strives to gain control over her body and mind</b><br /> <i>The Coin’</i>s narrator is a wealthy Palestinian woman with impeccable style and meticulous hygiene. And yet the ideal self, the ideal life, remains just out of reach: her inheritance is inaccessible, her homeland exists only in her memory, and her attempt to thrive in America seems doomed from the start.<br /> In New York, she strives to put down roots. She teaches at a school for underprivileged boys, where her eccentric methods cross boundaries. She befriends a homeless swindler, and the two participate in an intercontinental scheme reselling Birkin bags.<br /> But America is stifling her—her willfulness, her sexuality, her principles. In an attempt to regain control, she becomes preoccupied with purity, cleanliness, and self-image, all while drawing her students into her obsessions. In an unforgettable denouement, her childhood memories converge with her material and existential statelessness, and the narrator unravels spectacularly.<br /> In enthralling, sensory prose, <i>The Coin</i> explores nature and civilization, beauty and justice, class and belonging—all while resisting easy moralizing. Provocative, wry, and inviting, <i>The Coin</i> marks the arrival of a major new literary voice. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-07-10 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=645188ed-8651-4e13-b6ee-28fa2d613f99&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=645188ed-8651-4e13-b6ee-28fa2d613f99&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=645188ed-8651-4e13-b6ee-28fa2d613f99&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)