Sometimes It Snows In America

Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book Sometimes It Snows In America by Marisa Labozzetta, Guernica Editions
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Author: Marisa Labozzetta ISBN: 9781550716108
Publisher: Guernica Editions Publication: January 1, 2012
Imprint: Guernica Language: English
Author: Marisa Labozzetta
ISBN: 9781550716108
Publisher: Guernica Editions
Publication: January 1, 2012
Imprint: Guernica
Language: English

Born into Somali royalty and Saudi Arabian wealth, Fatma is given away in infancy and, at age 12, forced into an arranged marriage with a young Peace Corps worker. Prejudice and cultural demands lead to a number of painful promises that will dictate the course of her life on two continents. Sometimes It Snows in America is a novel loosely based on the true account of an African woman’s descent into an American hell, and finds its echo in the descent of her native Somalia into its own hell of violent desperation. It leaves the reader with the gifts of unsuspected connection and surprising hope.

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Born into Somali royalty and Saudi Arabian wealth, Fatma is given away in infancy and, at age 12, forced into an arranged marriage with a young Peace Corps worker. Prejudice and cultural demands lead to a number of painful promises that will dictate the course of her life on two continents. Sometimes It Snows in America is a novel loosely based on the true account of an African woman’s descent into an American hell, and finds its echo in the descent of her native Somalia into its own hell of violent desperation. It leaves the reader with the gifts of unsuspected connection and surprising hope.

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