| Swimming Toward the Light Contributor(s): Leone, Angela Tehaan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815608578 ISBN-13: 9780815608578 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006033687 |
| Series: Arab American Writing |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.38" W x 9.2" (1.02 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Angela Tehaan Leone's debut novel, Swimming Toward the Light, depicts a Lebanese immigrant family in Washington, D.C.in the 1950s and gives us entr e into the male-dominated, independence stifling culture where female roles were rigidly prescribed. While the three older children liberated themselves by leaving home, the two youngest daughters, Lottie and Irene, were left to endure their parents' repressions and Mama's despotic regime. With unflinching candor, the narrative moves toward an unexpected and devastating conclusion. |