A Map of Home History left him tied up in

left him tied up in a seedy inn

and the long shadows of Jainan's past

animals and nature collide and conflict

the river kept her family safe when they needed it most--safe from the Holocaust

A Map of Home History left him tied up inBy: Randa Jarrar In this fresh, funny, and fearless debut novel, Randa Jarrar chronicles the coming of age of Nidali, one of the most unique and irrepressible narrators in contemporary fiction. Born in 1970s Boston to an Egyptian Greek mother and a Palestinian father, the rebellious Nidaliwhose name is a feminization of the word strugglesoon moves to a very different life in Kuwait. There the family leads a mildly eccentric middle class existence