Our selection for this fall is In My Mother’s Footsteps, by Mona Hajjar Halaby just released this month!

“Refugees are like seeds that scatter in the wind, and land in different soils that become their reluctant homes,” my mother once told me. As a small child, I looked up at my mother and clutched her hand. The puffiness of her palm reminded me of a loaf of warm pita bread, and when she laced her fingers into mine like a pretzel, I felt safe. I would have walked with her to the ends of the earth.

In My Mother’s Footsteps is a personal narrative, but it also touches on the universal themes of displacement and dispossession. Mona’s hope is that her book will help humanize the Palestinian struggle for justice and offer insights into life under Israeli occupation.

A life story in two voices, past and present, exile and return, In My Mother’s Footsteps is a moving and heartrending journey of a daughter discovering her roots and recovering her mother’s beloved past. It is also an intimate and tender account of daily life for Palestinians as never seen before.

Let’s meet at 7pm MST on ZOOM and possibly at Cana Wine Bar on September 15th.

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