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Loom
Thérèse Soukar Chehade, author
Adult; General Fiction (including literary and historical); (Market)
As a blizzard blankets the northeast United States, burying residents and shutting down airports, the Zaydan family eagerly awaits the arrival of Eva, a cousin visiting from Lebanon after a long separation from the family. Over the course of one day, while Eva is stranded in New York City, Chehade’s nuanced story unfolds in the reminiscences and anxieties of each family member.
Reviews
Foreword Reviews
"Loom is Chehade's first novel, but she writes with refinement. Hers is a careful, attentive prose--gorgeous but unpretentious, and skillfully adapted to whoever has the floor."
Kamila Shamsie, author of HOME FIRE, winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 201
"In Loom Lebanon and North America flare to life, illuminating each other. With a wonderfully assured touch Chehade weaves the pain and joy of familial bonds around stories of war and migration. A beautiful novel."
Laila Halaby, best-selling author of WEST OF THE JORDAN
"A thoroughly original story that lingered with me long after reading it."
Publishers Weekly, starred review
"An expansive and beautiful new storyteller, Chehade tightly binds personal experience with the universal desire to belong, effortlessly weaving a dense tapestry of loneliness and regret."
Theri Alyce Pickens, Al Jadid, Vol. 16, no. 63
"Loom stands on its own as a hauntingly beautiful read."
