![]() ![]() Hassib masterfully excavates the secret loyalties that drive women to make fateful choices and, in so doing, explores important themes of guilt and responsibility, shame and forgiveness." - Laila Lalami, author of The Moor's Account "A captivating novel about family, love, and home. "he story fluidly explores how even seismic historical events can mix with everyday emotions such as sibling rivalry and insecurity to concoct a potent brew.A devastating definition of the new normal in which revolution does not always deliver real power to institute change." - Kirkus (starred review) Even the story of the suicide bomber is given careful consideration in this enlightening, heartrending novel." – Booklist (starred review) "A multifaceted look at the complicated legacies of identity, religion, and politics in Egypt after the Arab Spring emerges. Rajia Hassib's A Pure Heart is a stirring and deeply textured novel that asks what it means to forgive, and considers how faith, family, and love can unite and divide us. The more Rose uncovers about her sister's life, the more she must reconcile their two fates, their inextricable bond as sisters, and who should and should not be held responsible for Gameela's death. As Rose is struggling to reconcile her identities as an Egyptian and as a new American, she investigates Gameela's devotion to her religion and her country. Rich in depth and feeling, A Pure Heart is a brilliant portrait of two Muslim women in the twenty-first century, and the decisions they make in work and love that determine their destinies. Why had she quit her job just a few months before her death and not told her family? Who was she romantically involved with? And how did the religious Gameela manage to keep so many secrets? Soon, Rose realizes that Gameela has left many questions unanswered. When Rose returns to Egypt after the bombing, she sifts through the artifacts Gameela left behind, desperate to understand how her sister came to die, and who she truly was. During the aftermath of Egypt's revolution, Gameela is killed in a suicide bombing. Gameela, a devout Muslim since her teenage years, stayed in Cairo. Rose, an Egyptologist, married an American journalist and immigrated to New York City, where she works in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Sisters Rose and Gameela Gubran could not have been more different. A powerful novel about two Egyptian sisters-their divergent fates and the secrets of one family.
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