This Thing Called Love

by Alawiya Sobh

Book Overview

A heart-wrenching story about love, loss, sex, the friendship between women, and the universal struggle to come to terms with death.

Just before the outbreak of the July 2006 war in Lebanon, a middle-aged woman named Nahla has gone missing. Distraught, besieged, and without any leads, Nahla's dearest friends--Suad, Azizeh, Hoda, Nadine, and the narrator Alawiya--band together to console one another. They reminisce about the better days...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803090782
• ISBN13: 9781803090788
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"