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Fencing with the King

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Fencing with the King

The King of Jordan is turning 60! How better to celebrate the occasion than with his favorite pastime --- fencing --- and with his favorite sparring partner, Gabriel Hamdan. Amani, a divorced poet, jumps at the chance to accompany her father to his homeland for the King’s birthday. Her father’s past is a mystery to her --- even more so since she found a poem on blue airmail paper slipped into one of his old Arabic books, written by his mother, a Palestinian refugee who arrived in Jordan during World War I. Her words hint at a long-kept family secret, carefully guarded by Uncle Hafez, an advisor to the King, who has quite personal reasons for inviting his brother to the birthday party. The Hamdan brothers must face a reckoning, with themselves and with each other --- one that almost costs Amani her life.

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Fencing with the King
by Diana Abu-Jaber

  • Publication Date: March 14, 2023
  • Genres: Fiction
  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • ISBN-10: 1324050314
  • ISBN-13: 9781324050315

Winners

Andrea S. from Bethesda, MD
Ann N. from Goodyear, AZ
Anna S. from North Wales, PA
Dana M. from Hanover, PA
Donna M. from Margate City, NJ
Joy O. from Rocky Hill, CT
Julie M. from Stacy, MN
Laura B. from Hudson, MA
Lillian L. from Roseville, CA
Linda N. from Hettinger, ND
Linda H. from Glasgow, KY
Liz P. from Waldwick, NJ
Marlene W. from Marinette, WI
Mary Jean M. from Murrells Inlet, SC
MK C. from Ellensburg, WA
Olivia F. from Henniker, NH
Paula B. from Gansevoort, NY
Peggy R. from West Milford, NJ
PJ G. from Schenectady, NY
Sandra C. from Langhorne, PA
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Shari V. from Hillsborough, NC
Sheila D. from Polk City, IA
Sonnia F. from Naples, FL
Tara A. from Stafford, VA