{"product_id":"the-coin-d-copy","title":"The Coin","description":"\u003cb\u003eA bold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman's unraveling as she teaches at a New York City middle school, gets caught up in a scheme reselling Birkin bags, and strives to gain control over her body and mind\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Coin'\u003c\/i\u003es narrator is a wealthy Palestinian woman with impeccable style and meticulous hygiene. And yet the ideal self, the ideal life, remains just out of reach: her inheritance is inaccessible, her homeland exists only in her memory, and her attempt to thrive in America seems doomed from the start. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn New York, she strives to put down roots. She teaches at a school for underprivileged boys, where her eccentric methods cross boundaries. She befriends a homeless swindler, and the two participate in an intercontinental scheme reselling Birkin bags. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut America is stifling her--her willfulness, her sexuality, her principles. In an attempt to regain control, she becomes preoccupied with purity, cleanliness, and self-image, all while drawing her students into her obsessions. In an unforgettable denouement, her childhood memories converge with her material and existential statelessness, and the narrator unravels spectacularly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn enthralling, sensory prose, \u003ci\u003e The Coin\u003c\/i\u003e explores nature and civilization, beauty and justice, class and belonging--all while resisting easy moralizing. Provocative, wry, and inviting, \u003ci\u003eThe Coin\u003c\/i\u003e marks the arrival of a major new literary voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yasmin Zaher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.61h x 5.85w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646222100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2024 pg. 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2024 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2024 pg. 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYasmin Zaher \u003c\/b\u003eis a Palestinian journalist and writer born in 1991 in Jerusalem. \u003ci\u003eThe Coin\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45965793984726,"sku":"646222100","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/1660\/5398\/files\/img_fe1f47cd-5ada-4b34-9a42-3fa2aabf29c1.jpg?v=1719890373","url":"https:\/\/bookclubonmain.com\/products\/the-coin-d-copy","provider":"Book Club On Main","version":"1.0","type":"link"}