{"product_id":"our-cut-of-salt-by-deena-helm","title":"Our Cut of Salt by Deena Helm","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eIn this lyrical debut, three generations of Palestinian women must put the haunting of their ancestral home to rest, before the secrets of the past drown them all.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Cut of Salt\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis a powerful and intimate look at what it means to make a home, to lose it, and to return, only to find it irrevocably changed.\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThere is something haunting Nuhad’s childhood home in Haifa. Cats avoid its perimeter, strange noises come from within, and residents have mysteriously vanished without a trace. Although Nuhad has not returned to her home since the Nakba in 1948, she always held a place for the house in her heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd, in return, the house did the same for her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter Nuhad passes away, her granddaughter, Marina, is determined to visit her grandmother’s home after a lifetime of being kept in the dark about her culture and family history. Marina's mother, Haifa - named for the city that was lost to their family - reluctantly agrees to her trip, though she knows firsthand that some secrets are better left buried.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eBut the house is no longer a home. It is a painful, festering wound that infects everything it touches. The more Marina digs into her family’s past, the sicker she becomes. Despite Nuhad’s ghostly warnings, Haifa rushes to help her daughter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs the three women converge in their ancestral home, they must put the haunting to rest before the secrets of the past drown them all.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46134085288109,"sku":null,"price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0577\/3364\/4461\/files\/9781250434661_17781.jpg?v=1781797442","url":"https:\/\/underbrushbooks.com\/products\/our-cut-of-salt-by-deena-helm","provider":"Underbrush Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}