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'  Le Monde Full of poetry and freshness'   '  Guide de la rentree litteraire, Lire\/Virgin\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWINNER OF FRANCE'S THE LAGARDERE PRIZE\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE OF ARABIC FICTION\u003cbr\u003eRAISES IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT IDENTITY, BELONGING, AND PATRIOTISM \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her award-winning novel, Inaam Kachachi portrays the dual tragedy of her native land: America's failure and the humiliation of Iraq. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe American Granddaughter depicts the American occupation of Iraq through the eyes of a young Iraqi-American woman, who returns to her country as an interpreter for the US Army. 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Delivering babies and tending to the many health needs of her rural women patients, she struggles to improve care for them. But as the years pass, the upheavals the country faces continue to worsen. Her family, like many others, is pressed to leave. Wardiyah finally goes, arriving in France. There her poet niece helps her now elderly aunt to get settled and, reflecting on their family's dispersal, to tell her story. Wardiyah develops a bond with her niece's son Iskander, who has grown up in France alienated from his extended family, his language, and his culture. As he gets to know his great-aunt, the doctor, he learns more about his people's calamities and extraordinary heritage. He is inspired to construct a virtual graveyard online, a digital resting place where families can be reunited again. Inaam Kachachi's unhurried, spontaneous reflection on the closest ties of family evokes quiet power and beauty, relayed by the warmth of Inam Jaber's translation. Throughout it, Doctor Wardiyah's journey conveys her dedication to the healing properties of trust and belonging, treasures lost whenever any homeland falls prey to the Beast of division and conflict.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49750773629201,"sku":"NGR9781623718299","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1623718295.jpg?v=1750863137"},{"product_id":"american-granddaughter-book-inaam-kachachi-9781623718688","title":"The American Granddaughter","description":"\u003cb\u003eWe let ourselves be won over by this novel that describes with such faithfulness and emotion the tearing apart of a country and a woman forever caught between two shores. 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