"Burn This Page"

By waleed salamh alhabaneen

"Salma Hayes: The Girl Who Set Fire to Her Chains... and Lit the Path of Revolution" In the rural countryside of Iowa in 1955, Salma Hayes (18 years old) decides to burn down her father's barn after he catches and whips her for reading a stolen copy of Moby Dick . But the fire she ignites is only the beginning... Fleeing an arranged marriage and a fate similar to her aunt "Louisa" (whose body was found floating in the river), Salma escapes to New York City carrying Little Women , her mother's broken wedding ring, and a dangerous secret passed down to her by a mysterious woman who whispers: "Books burn... but stories remain." In New York, Salma discovers that the café where she works is a front for a secret society that prints banned books. There, she learns that words can be a weapon more powerful than fire--especially when she realizes her destiny is intertwined with other women who fled the same village across generations... A novel about: A girl who learns that freedom isn't about running away ... but setting fire to the prison before escaping. Books that become ammunition , and scars that turn into gun barrels. A secret passed down through generations : Why does every runaway woman leave behind an empty matchbox ? "This isn't just a story... it's a spark." Who is this book for? Lovers of symbolic literature (think: The Seven Pillars of Wisdom + The Left Hand of Darkness ). Readers searching for bold feminist voices reminiscent of Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own . Fans of non-linear narratives that weave the past and future together.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F5N4MB2M
• ISBN13: 9798280126527
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 47 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"