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A Tender Struggle by Krista Bremer
"A story about love, marriage, compromise, parenthood and the difference between the life one imagined and reality."*
Fifteen years ago, Krista Bremer, a California-bred feminist, surfer, and aspiring journalist, met Ismail Suayah, sincere, passionate, kind, yet from a very different world. One of eight siblings born in an impoverished fishing village in Libya, Ismail was raised a Muslim--and his faith informed his life. When Krista and Ismail made the decision to become a family, she embarked on a journey she never could have imagined, an accidental jihad: a quest for spiritual and intellectual growth that would open her mind and, more important, her heart.
"A bold piece of writing (and thinking) by an incredibly brave woman." --Elizabeth Gilbert, author of The Signature of All Things
"A moving, lyrical memoir."--Kirkus Reviews
"Candid and rich." --Good Housekeeping
"Unrelenting candor and gorgeous prose." --BookPage
"Krista Bremer has a very good story." --The New York Times Book Review
"A beautiful account of [Krista's] jihad, or struggle, to find peace within herself and within her marriage." --The Kansas City Star
"Lucid, heartfelt, and profoundly humane . . . Navigates the boundaries of religion and politics to arrive at the universal experience of love." --G. Willow Wilson, author of Alif the Unseen
"This is a memoir worth reading." --*Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Fifteen years ago, Krista Bremer, a California-bred feminist, surfer, and aspiring journalist, met Ismail Suayah, sincere, passionate, kind, yet from a very different world. One of eight siblings born in an impoverished fishing village in Libya, Ismail was raised a Muslim--and his faith informed his life. When Krista and Ismail made the decision to become a family, she embarked on a journey she never could have imagined, an accidental jihad: a quest for spiritual and intellectual growth that would open her mind and, more important, her heart.
"A bold piece of writing (and thinking) by an incredibly brave woman." --Elizabeth Gilbert, author of The Signature of All Things
"A moving, lyrical memoir."--Kirkus Reviews
"Candid and rich." --Good Housekeeping
"Unrelenting candor and gorgeous prose." --BookPage
"Krista Bremer has a very good story." --The New York Times Book Review
"A beautiful account of [Krista's] jihad, or struggle, to find peace within herself and within her marriage." --The Kansas City Star
"Lucid, heartfelt, and profoundly humane . . . Navigates the boundaries of religion and politics to arrive at the universal experience of love." --G. Willow Wilson, author of Alif the Unseen
"This is a memoir worth reading." --*Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Bremer, Krista: -
Krista Bremer is the associate publisher of The Sun magazine and the recipient of a Rona Jaffe Foundation award. Her essay on which this book is based, My Accidental Jihad, received a Pushcart Prize. Her essays have been published in O: The Oprah Magazine, More magazine, and The Sun, and she's been featured on NPR and in the PBS series Arab American Stories. Her website is www.kristabremer.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781616204495 |
| ISBN 10 | 1616204494 |
| Title | A Tender Struggle |
| Author | Krista Bremer |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Algonquin Books |
| Year published | 2015-03-31 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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