A review by whitmc
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum

5.0

Heard about this book and ordered it, full hardcover price, from my local bookstore on a whim. Then flew through this during a weekend in the mountains. My main complaint is that I wish there were about 200 more pages to this book because I wasn't ready to leave these characters. I wanted more and more, especially about the sisters. Yes, it's a book about a culture of repression of women; it's also about family, and generational changes, and maintaining a culture in a new country, and wanting the best for your family and shifting norms about what that means, hiding behind social expectations, shame, pride. The writing is fresh, quick, and fantastic. This is a debut book and I can't wait to see what else Rum has in store.