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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A beautifully storyBy jayeA beautifully told story about a family's will to love and survive despite the ugly events that touched their lives. I fell in love with every character...felt their longings, sadness, joys, and triumphs. I'm still too emotionally full to do this review justice...A Must Read!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Beautifully written.By Joy LowrieI enjoyed this book very much. it was written with very nice prose and it is a moving and touching story . definitely a good read !!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Cultural ChangesBy CustomerSalt houses takes you to different periods of time and gives you an amazing look at how all the characters evolve with their environment and changes around them which include war, different cultures and family struggles. ldquo;Reading Salt Houses is like having your coffee grounds read: cosmic, foreboding and titillating all at once. In this magnificent debut, Alyanrsquo;s powerful and poetic voice guides us into the dark recesses of history and leads us right up to the present tensions between East West, the modern ancestral, the hopeless and the hopeful.rdquo; mdash;Aline Ohanesian, author of Orhan's Inheritance On the eve of her daughter Aliarsquo;s wedding, Salma reads the girlrsquo;s future in a cup of coffee dregs. She sees an unsettled life for Alia and her children; she also sees travel, and luck. While she chooses to keep her predictions to herself that day, they will all soon come to pass when the family is uprooted in the wake of the Six-Day War of 1967. Salma is forced to leave her home in Nablus; Aliarsquo;s brother gets pulled into a politically militarized world he canrsquo;t escape; and Alia and her gentle-spirited husband move to Kuwait City, where they reluctantly build a life with their three children. When Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait in 1990, Alia and her family once again lose their home, their land, and their story as they know it, scattering to Beirut, Paris, Boston, and beyond. Soon Aliarsquo;s children begin families of their own, once again navigating the burdens (and blessings) of assimilation in foreign cities. Lyrical and heartbreaking, Salt Houses is a remarkable debut novel that challenges and humanizes an age-old conflict we might think we understandmdash;one that asks us to confront that most devastating of all truths: you canrsquo;t go home again.

An Indie Next Pickldquo;Moving and beautifully written, Alyanrsquo;s debut chronicles three generations of a Palestinian family as they face two life-altering displacements ndash; the first after 1967rsquo;s Six-Day War, and the second following Saddam Husseinrsquo;s 1990 invasion of Kuwait.rdquo; mdash;Entertainment Weeklyldquo;Spring's most powerful novel...mystical, compelling...sweeping.rdquo; mdash;Town Country "[Salt Houses] illustrate[s] the inherited longing and sense of dislocation passed like a baton from mother to daughter." mdash;New York Times Book ldquo;Some family stories we pass on, adding chapters like rooms to a house; others are burned into our subconscious. Poet Hala Alyan's ambitious debut novel, Salt Houses follows the scattered generations of one Palestinian family for whom 'nostalgia is an affliction,' moving from the Six-Day War and a future glimpsed in a daughter's lipsticked coffee cup, to 9/11 and its aftermath.rdquo;mdash;Vogue ldquo;Alyan is doing important work through this novel...Salt Housesnbsp;can be read very simply as a family drama, proving Alyanrsquo;s talent as a master of both the family drama genre as well as the depths and complexities of the Palestinian displacement.rdquo; mdash;Los Angeles of Books "Read Salt Houses...In Hala Alyan's novel about a Palestinian family in the aftermath of the Six-Day War, children rebel and return and the matriarch's memories fade with age, fraying the brood's ties to their homeland. In the process, the book reveals the inner lives of people too often lumped together in the service of politics." mdash;New York "Alyan explores the human agency in the face of the harshest realities without compromising the complex nature of the Palestinian diaspora. This is a heart-wrenching, intimate look at the intergenerational impact of losing a homeland." mdash;Ms. Magazine "Gorgeous and sprawling...In many ways,nbsp;Salt Housesnbsp;is about the displacement of millions in war-ravaged lands. But more precisely, it's about the significance of 'home'mdash; what it means to make a home, to lose it, and to go home again when nothing looks or feels the same...Heart-wrenching, lyrical and timely,nbsp;Salt Housesnbsp;is a humanizing examination of a family torn apart and remade by conflicts both too complex to grasp fully and too personal to not recognize in ourselves, wherever we might call home." mdash;Dallas Morning Newsnbsp;nbsp; "Each new chapter ofnbsp;Salt Housesnbsp;shifts perspective and jumps in time...These perspectives touch back on each other through small details, fashioning a collective, familial history.nbsp;One characterrsquo;s revelations illuminate the life of another...Alyanrsquo;s talent is immediately apparent in her exquisitely detailed scenes and the complex ways her characters relate to one another...Alyan is also a poet, and the last pages ofnbsp;Salt Housesnbsp;drop like the end of a poemmdash;they crush the reader while also lifting her up...Narratives like this one complicate and humanize Americarsquo;s simplistic view of Arab cultures, toppling the flimsy idea that Arab people are intractably Other." mdash;The Rumpus ldquo;In her debut novel, Alyan tells the story of a Palestinian family that is uprooted by the Six- Day War of 1967 andnbsp;Saddam Husseinrsquo;snbsp;invasion ofnbsp;Kuwait innbsp;1990. This heartbreaking and important story examines displacement, belonging, and family in a lyrical style.rdquo;nbsp; mdash;The Millions, ldquo;Most Anticipated: The Great 2017 Book Previewrdquo; ldquo;At the very start of Hala Alyan's novelnbsp;Salt Houses,nbsp;a woman buys a coffee set mdash; a dozen cups, a coffee pot, a tray. It's a simple act that unexpectedly becomes painful . . . Alyan builds her story on little moments like that mdash; a peek into the lives of several generations, forced to relocate and resettle. Her characters are lost and looking for a home.rdquo; mdash;NPR, "Morning Edition" ldquo;This sweeping family drama brings history to life by imagining events that befall a Palestinian family from 1963 to 2014. Buffeted by war and political turmoil mdash; the Six-Day War in 1967, the invasion of Kuwait in 1990 mdash; the family is constantly uprooted, forcing its members to adopt new cultures in Paris, Beirut and Boston. It's a lyrical exploration of identity.rdquo; mdash;AARPnbsp; "[Alyan is] an extraordinarily gifted novelist...[Salt Houses is] an epic in every sense of the word...[It]nbsp;shines in its intimate details; notably, in the ways in which no character is allowed to be a stereotype, and in the way it grapples with those all too human- scaled experiences of alienation and belonging, displacement and rebuilding. Alyan might be grappling with universal problems like war and brutality, but since she renders them through the perspective of one family, through their personal triumphs and struggles, she keeps these issues on a recognizable scale." mdash;NYLONldquo;Stunning...[Salt Houses] offers such a piercing examination of displacement, identity, faith, and what one character refers to as a lifetime of 'emotional code-switching.'rdquo; mdash;Brooklyn Magazineldquo;Joyful...full of lovely details about tradition, history, and those quotidian acts between husband and wife, parents and children, grandchildren and children that comprise a life...The opening paragraph ofnbsp;Salt Houses [...] is one of those wonders in which the reader is pulled in by lovely writing that is also serving as the piece of string that, if the reader picks up and begins to tug, will pull them into a story they may not want to emerge from for hours.rdquo; mdash;Signatureldquo;Salt Housesnbsp;illuminates the heartache and permanent unsettledness experienced by refugees all over the world, reminding readers of the burdens and the blessings of home.rdquo;mdash;Bustle, ldquo;15 New Authors Yoursquo;re Going To Be Obsessed With This Year" ldquo;[Salt Houses is] for those who understand the importance of family and culture, and how easily both can be riven.rdquo;nbsp;mdash;Shelf Awareness ldquo;A dazzling debut...Salt Houses speaks to the specificity of the Palestinian diaspora, but it also mirrors the experiences of immigrants and exiles all over the world, making it very much a book for every reader.rdquo;nbsp; mdash;BookPage ldquo;Stunning.rdquo;mdash;Tablet Magazine ldquo;Therersquo;s a subtle, unassuming power that accumulates in Hala Alyanrsquo;s debut novelnbsp;Salt Houses...This is a heartfelt book but also an unobtrusivelynbsp;skillfulnbsp;one...Impressive.rdquo;nbsp; mdash;Open Letters Monthly ldquo;Hala Alyanrsquo;s debut novelnbsp;Salt Housesnbsp;spans four generations in the life of a family on the West Bank, following their journeynbsp;from the early 60s to the present day. Through all of thenbsp;challengesnbsp;the family enduresmdash;wars, invasions, love affairs, and displacementmdash;they are held together by the luminousnbsp;Alia...Alyanrsquo;s background as a clinical psychologist is evident throughoutnbsp;the novel, asnbsp;characters big and small thrum with an emotional complexity that stays with the reader long after shersquo;s finished the book.rdquo;nbsp; mdash;Public Libraries Onlinenbsp;ldquo;This timely historical does for the Palestinians what Khaled Hosseini did for the people of Afghanistan. By placing readers inside the hearts and minds of one Arab family scattered from Paris to Boston to Lebanon, she beautifully illustrates the resilience of the human spirit.rdquo;nbsp;mdash;Library Journalldquo;Alyan's impressive first novel tracks the dispersal of four generations of a Palestinian family...The Yacoubs' distinctly personal experiences will mirror the experiences of immigrants and refugees around the world and the Palestinians' dislocation in particular.... Unexpected, deeply moving...this journey is well worth taking.rdquo;nbsp; mdash;STARRED Kirkusldquo;Alyan blends joy with pain, frustration with elation, longing with boredom inthis beautiful debut novel filled with the panoply of life. These lives full of promise and loss will feel familiar to any reader; Alyanrsquo;s excellent storytelling and deft handling of the complex relationships ensures that readers will not soon forget the Yacoub family.rdquo;nbsp; mdash;STARRED, Publishers Weekly ldquo;The war may have only lasted six days, but its impact echoes through generations of a Palestinian family in this ambitious debut novel...This is a moving story about a familyrsquo;s battle to salvage what remains when their home is taken away.rdquo;nbsp; mdash;Booklistldquo;Reading Salt Houses is like having your coffee grounds read: cosmic, foreboding and titillating all at once. In this magnificent debut, Alyanrsquo;s powerful and poetic voice guides us into the dark recesses of history and leads us right up to the present tensions between East West, the modern ancestral, the hopeless and the hopeful.rdquo;nbsp;mdash;Aline Ohanesian, author of Orhan's Inheritance ldquo;Hala Alyan'snbsp;Salt Housesnbsp;flies like a searchlight between history and fiction, unearthing the life of a singlenbsp;displacednbsp;Palestinian family among the rubble and illuminating it so deeply, so brilliantly,we cannot help but connect the story's richly imagined past to our very real present.rdquo;mdash;Mira Jacob, author of The Sleepwalkersrsquo; Guide to Dancing ldquo;A striking debut of the disruptions and dispersals of exile, Salt Houses is a heartfelt portrait of the Palestinian diaspora. Powerful, lyrical, and deftly layered with multiple voices, Hala Alyan has done the near impossible: illuminated a half-century of wrenching history with great intimacy.rdquo;nbsp;mdash;Cristina Garciacute;a, author of King of Cuba and others ldquo;Salt Housesnbsp;is a piercingly elegant novel that registers Palestine with deep resonance for what it is:nbsp;a once beloved home, known, lost, and re-imagined into life. A place where families decide between security and happiness,nbsp;religion and heritage,nbsp;where war is constant, yet peace is found.nbsp;In the exquisite prose of a poet, Hala Alyan shows how we carry our origins in our hearts wherever we may roam, and how that history is calibrated by the places we choose to put down roots. This is a book with the power to both break and mend your heart.rdquo;mdash;Ru Freeman, author of On Sal Mal Lane ldquo;As accomplished a poet as she is in her excellent collections of poems, Hala Alyan exceeds those measures of brilliance in her moving, deeply felt, powerfully realized first novel, Salt Houses. I can't think of many writers, older or younger, who have so adeptly written of family relationshipsmdash;spanning five generations here, between all manner of older and younger, between siblings, cousinsmdash;all, at different ages and stages of life, and all against a vividly rendered backdrop of exile and migration. From Palestine to Jordan, Lebanonnbsp;tonbsp;Kuwait, Boston tonbsp;New York, and back to Palestine again, this is a story of people losing, finding, and making their way. Salt Housesnbsp;gives voice, body, and love to people whose livesnbsp;in this countrynbsp;tend, at most, to be featured anonymously in news accountsmdash;and at that, in the negative. This is real life, beautifully written, graciously enlarging the sense of who we are.rdquo;mdash;Rick Simonson, Elliott Bay Book Company ldquo;A gorgeous archeological dig of a novel. In Salt Houses, Hala Alyan delicately uncovers layers of Palestinian history, giving successive generations of a family voices that tell of survival through the loss of treasured homes, beloved family members, and ideas of self, through war and displacement. A much needed story of the endurance of a people, a family, and the joy that glistens everyday moments, even in the shadow of war.rdquo;mdash;Chrysler Szarlan, Odyssey Bookshop ldquo;As the Yacoub family is uprooted and separated time and time again, it becomes clear that this bookrsquo;s ultimate and bittersweet beauty lies not solely in its depiction of the many places it touches, but in its depiction of the uniquely painful experience of the displaced, to carry and salvage fragments of identity across generations and borders. A book that transports in so many different ways is too vital to be missed.rdquo;mdash;Margaret Sweeney, Odyssey Bookshop ldquo;Hala Aylan first novel takes us through the history of a Palestinian family and their search for lsquo;homersquo;.nbsp; Having to leave their natural born city they move through out the world trying to find that peace that only a true home can bring.nbsp; Her character development teaches us what it means to grow up searching for that home.nbsp; It's a timely book about being displaced and how a family deals with it and war everywhere they go.rdquo;mdash;Anna Flynn, Watermark Books Cafeacute; ldquo;A powerful and moving novel about several generations of a Palestinian family whose lives are repeatedly uprooted and disrupted by war. All the while they confront the common problems and rites of passage for families in any culture-- conflict between parents and teenagers, the discovery or rejection of religion, caring for aging parents. A masterful debut from a major talent.rdquo;mdash;Stan Hynds, Northshire Bookstore ldquo;I thoroughly enjoyed this multi- generational tale of a Palestinian family who found themselves fleeing different homes due to war. The roots of family, of place, and of religion are explored through intimate views into love, parenthood, sibling rivalry and loyalty. Told from alternating perspectives of different members of the family, spanning from 1963-2014, the reader gets a window into how larger conflict can affect personal and familial identity.rdquo;mdash;Jessica Fowle, Bookbug ldquo;Salt Houses just pulls you into the fabric of the life of this Palestinian family through one tumultuous decade after another. I could rave about how important this book is for humanizing a Muslim family in a time of radical stereotyping, but it's also just a damn good read. The draw of these people is irresistible! Every character is flawed, everyone is beautiful, each struggle with issues that are at times like those of any family, and at times unique to the social and cultural struggles of war-torn communities. Plus, Hala Alyan's writing is infused with color and grace - a phenomenal fiction debut!rdquo;mdash;Katie Plumb, The Country Bookshelf ldquo;In her moving debut, Hala Alyan, traces the story of four generations of the Yacoub family, Palestinians displaced by the Six Days War and then again by Sadam Husseinrsquo;s invasion of Kuwait. It seems that as long as there are borders there will be refugees and in telling this particular story Alyan beautifully illuminates the trials of all displaced people.rdquo;mdash;Sarah Baline, East City Bookshop ldquo;Hala Alyanrsquo;s debut novel is a portrayal of war and displacement on the individual, the family, and the generations that follow. Salt Houses follows a Palestinian family as they are uprooted and exiled over a span of fifty years. Told through the perspective of different characters, Salt Houses allows the reader to understand the conflicts that mold who they are as individuals, and how it affects them as family. At times heartrending, this is a beautiful, powerful, and timely novel.rdquo;mdash;Susan Schlesinger, Books on the Square

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