Salt Houses

by Hala Alyan

Book Overview

Lyrical and heartbreaking, Salt Houses follows three generations of a Palestinian family and asks us to confront that most devastating of all truths: you can't go home again.

Winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the Arab American Book Award

On the eve of her daughter Alia's wedding, Salma reads the girl's future in a cup of coffee dregs. She sees an unsettled life for Alia and her children;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1328915859
• ISBN13: 9781328915856
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

It shook me to the core

Beautifully written! Each character intertwined with each other through space, time, and generations... A definite page turner!

Impossible to forget

I’ve thought about this book every day since reading it. I loved every bit of it, it is an incredible novel