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100 1  Jarrar, Randa,|eauthor. 
245 10 Love is an ex-country :|ba memoir /|cRanda Jarrar. 
264  1 New York :|bCatapult,|c[2021] 
264  4 |c©2021 
300    218 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "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 Jarrar, Randa. 
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600 10 Jarrar, Randa|xFamily. 
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650  0 Women authors, American|y21st century|vBiography. 
650  0 Authors, American|y21st century|vBiography. 
650  0 Palestinian Arabs|zUnited States. 
650  0 Women, Palestinian Arab|vBiography. 
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650  7 Families.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01728849 
650  7 Palestinian Arabs.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01051590 
650  7 Travel.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01155558 
650  7 Women authors, American.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01177210 
650  7 Women, Palestinian Arab.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01179079 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft 
655  7 Biographies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919896 
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655  7 Travel writing.|2lcgft 
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