EP 009
June 8, 2021
Hala Alyan on family secrets and the charged history of the Middle East.
Show Notes:
This week on the podcast, Angela welcomes Hala Alyan, poet, clinical psychologist and author of The Arsonist’s City, a novel about a family spread between Lebanon and the US who come together after the death of their family’s patriarch.
Angie and Hala talk about messy family dramas, the charged history of the Middle East, and how to cope in times of uncertainty.
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The Arsonists' City
by Hala Alyan
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BUY NOW"Feels revolutionary in its freshness." – Entertainment Weekly
"The Arsonists' City delivers all the pleasures of a good old-fashioned saga, but in Alyan's hands, one family's tale becomes the story of a nation--Lebanon and Syria, yes, but also the United States. It's the kind of book we are lucky to have."--Rumaan Alam
A rich family story, a personal look at the legacy of war in the Middle East, and an indelible rendering of how we hold on to the people and places we call home
"Feels revolutionary in its freshness." – Entertainment Weekly
"The Arsonists' City delivers all the pleasures of a good old-fashioned saga, but in Alyan's hands, one family's tale becomes the story of a nation--Lebanon and Syria, yes, but also the United States. It's the kind of book we are lucky to have."--Rumaan Alam
A rich family story, a personal look at the legacy of war in the Middle East, and an indelible rendering of how we hold on to the people and places we call home