Susan Muaddi Darraj Reading and Book Signing
Date and Time
Aug 15, 2024 5:00 pm
Location
Columbia
6251 Mango Tree Rd, Columbia, Maryland, 21044
Aug 15, 2024 5:00 pm
Columbia
Chosen as "Maryland's 'Great Read' of 2024" join author Susan Muaddi Darraj in a reading of Behind You Is the Sea
Darraj’s Behind You Is the Sea is a novel that features chapters told from the points of view of members of Baltimore’s Palestinian American community. The book follows three families –the Baladi’s, Salamehs, and Ammars – and their journeys as one man from the Salamehs goes to Palestine for the first time, and others face impacts of decisions made generations ago. Stereotypes of Palestinian culture are faced head-on as the community experiences funerals, weddings, broken hearts, and devastating secrets. Darraj lives in Baltimore and teaches at Harford Community College and Johns Hopkins University.
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What if everyone read one book at the same time?
When we read a great book, we can’t wait to share the experience and talk about it with others. That’s one of the joys of reading.
In that spirit, Maryland Humanities created One Maryland One Book (OMOB) to bring together diverse people in communities across the state through the shared experience of reading the same book. We invite you to participate in book-centered discussions and related programs at public libraries, high schools, colleges, museums, bookstores, and community and senior centers around the state.
2024 One Maryland One Book program!
Working from the theme of Restorative Futures, our Maryland Center for the Book staff and selection committee members have worked hard to narrow a list of over 230 title submissions down to ten. Whichever book is picked, readers will go on a journey of exploring how people deal with uncertain futures, posit better ones, and what actions readers can take to assuage today’s anxieties.
