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Henna House : a novel / Nomi Eve.
Van Pelt Library PS3555.V32 H46 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eve, Nomi, 1968- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Yemen (Republic)--Fiction.
- Jews.
- History.
- Yemen (Republic)--History--Fiction.
- Yemen (Republic).
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 305 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Scribner, 2014.
- Summary:
- "In Yemen in 1920 ... Adela Damari's parents desperately seek a future husband for their young daughter. After passage of the Orphan's Decree, any unbetrothed Jewish child left orphaned will be instantly adopted by the local Muslim community. With her parents' health failing, and no spousal prospects in sight, Adela's situation looks dire until her uncle arrives from a faraway city, bringing with him a cousin and aunt who introduce Adela to the powerful rituals of henna tattooing"--Amazon.com.
- ISBN:
- 1476740275
- 9781476740270
- OCLC:
- 884983214
- Publisher Number:
- 99959658236
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