Brooklyn Heights

Author(s): Miral al-Tahawy

Location(s): Brooklyn, New York City (NYC)

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Mid 2000s

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Brooklyn Heights, the fourth novel by award-winning Egyptian author Miral El-Tahawy, revolves around the character of Hend, an Arabic teacher and would-be writer in her late thirties, who emigrates to the United States from Cairo with her eight year old son after the painful break-up of her marriage.

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Following the breakdown of her marriage, Egyptian émigrée Hend and her eight-year-old son begin a new life in Brooklyn. An aspiring writer, Hend possesses an acute sensibility, but somehow never quite succeeds in harnessing...

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Best book i ever read

When i first checked out broklyn hieghts i thought it was boring and didnt deserve reading but i was wrong i was instantly hooked on with the first few pages it shows about how immigrants live thier lives trying...