01838cam a2200385 i 4500 1004770164 TxAuBib 20231010120000.0 230815s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062987907 hardback 0062987909 hardback (OCoLC)1395002585 TxAuBib rda Rum, Etaf,. Evil eye : a novel / Etaf Rum. First edition. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] 340 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Raised in a conservative and emotionally volatile Palestinian family in Brooklyn, Yara thought she would finally feel free when she married a charming entrepreneur who took her to the suburbs. She's gotten to follow her dreams, completing an undergraduate degree in art and landing a good job at the local college. As a traditional wife, she also raises their two school-aged daughters, takes care of the house, and has dinner ready when her husband gets home. With her family balanced with her professional ambitions, Yara knows that her life is infinitely more rewarding than her own mother's. So why doesn't it feel like enough? 20231010. Palestinian Americans Fiction. Mothers and daughters Fiction. Blessing and cursing Fiction. Immigrants Fiction. Psychic trauma Fiction. Families Fiction. Racism Fiction. Self-realization in women Fiction. Brooklyn (New York, NY) Fiction. North Carolina Fiction. Novels. lcgft