An Emotion of Great Delight
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From bestselling and National Book Award–nominated author Tahereh Mafi comes a stunning novel about love and loneliness, navigating the hyphen of dual identity, and reclaiming your right to joy—even when you’re trapped in the amber of sorrow.
It’s 2003, several months since the US officially declared war on Iraq, and the American political world has evolved. Tensions are high,hate crimes are on the rise, FBI agents are infiltrating local mosques,and the Muslim community is harassed and targeted more than ever.Shadi, who wears hijab, keeps her head down.
She's too busy drowning in her own troubles to find the time to deal with bigots.
Shadi is named for joy, but she’s haunted by sorrow. Her brother is dead, her father is dying, her mother is falling apart, and her best friend has mysteriously dropped out of her life. And then, of course, there’s the small matter of her heart—
It’s broken.
Shadi tries to navigate her crumbling world by soldiering through,saying nothing. She devours her own pain, each day retreating fartherand farther inside herself until finally, one day, everything changes.
She explodes.
An Emotion of Great Delightis a searing look into the world of a singleMuslim family in the wake of 9/11.It’s about a child of immigrants forging a blurry identity,falling in love, and finding hope—in the midst of a modern war.
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Tahereh Mafi
Tahereh Mafi is the New York Times bestselling author of the Shatter Me and This Woven Kingdom series, the latter of which has been published in over 30 languages around the world. She was born in a small city somewhere in Connecticut and currently resides in Santa Monica, California, with her husband, Ransom Riggs, fellow bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, and their young daughter. She can usually be found overcaffeinated and stuck in a book.
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Lanna Joffrey
