Brooklyn Heights

Description

The story of a single mother with her seven-year-old child, who leaves her homeland and immigrates as a refugee, living among refugees, the unemployed, and the first generation of Arab Brooklynites.
The heroine discovers that she is reclaiming her childhood memories through an alternate geography. Every character she encounters resembles and intersects with her memories, on a journey to self-discovery and a livelihood.
The heroine discovers new worlds that take us with her on a similar journey through the corridors of Brooklyn and through her childhood. It is a delicate account of a highly complex reality.
The novel presents various models of expatriates from all over the world in the “Big Apple.” The heroine, Hind, presents her world, rich in Eastern details, its secrets, and its taboos that oppress people in general and women in particular. She explains how she continued her life despite a stab here and a blow there. “Brooklyn Heights” is Miral Eltahawy’s fourth novel after “The Tent,” “The Blue Eggplant,” and “The Flicks of the Gazelles.” It intersects with her previous works in its search for self and attention to detail, especially those related to childhood. It is full of a wealth of memories and a profound ability to transform recall into pure pleasure.