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Experience a captivating journey through boundaries and self-discovery with the new novel **Yara**, a powerful narrative from acclaimed author Tamara Faith Berger. This trade paperback edition, featuring a compelling story that has been honored in notable literary previews, is set against the vivid backdrop of the early 2000s. **Yara** explores themes of love, identity, and the quest for belonging as a young woman navigates her complex relationships. Following her mother's intervention, Yara finds herself on a Birthright trip to Israel, only to escape to Toronto and California, where she confronts the tumultuous landscape of desire and consent. This book is a must-read for fans of **Canadian fiction** and those interested in literary explorations of sexuality and autonomy. Drawing acclaim from critical sources such as **Quill & Quire**, **The Globe and Mail**, and **Publishers Weekly**, the novel is described as both liberating and thought-provoking. With its vivid portrayal of the body and its desires, Yara will resonate with readers who appreciate insightful writing about the nuanced human experience. Secure your copy of this **brand new** release today. Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. ISBN: 9781552454671, Year: 2024, Publisher: Coach House Books.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781552454671
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2024
Publisher: Coach House Books
Description:
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From the author of Maidenhead, a reverse cautionary tale about a young woman exploring the boundaries of sex and belonging in the early 2000s
Distraught that her teenage daughter is in love with a woman a decade older, Yara’s mother sends her away from their home in Brazil to Israel, on a Birthright trip for Jewish youth. Freed from her increasingly controlling and jealous girlfriend, Yara is determined to forge her own path and follow her desires.
But Birthright takes a debaucherous turn, and Yara flees Israel for Toronto and then California. As she wanders, Yara is forced to reframe her relationship and her ideas around consent. Set in the sex-tape-panicked early 2000s, Yara is a reverse cautionary tale about what the body can teach us.
"Tamara Faith Berger is one of our best writers of the body, capturing in sharp, red-hot prose its raw animal urges, its often confused and contradictory desires, and the way our search for pleasure can be both liberatory and self-annihilating. Like Israel, bodies are contested territories, and in Berger's revelatory new novel, Yara seeks to wrest control and meaning from the forces that seek to instrumentalize hers: nationalism, capit
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781552454671
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2024
Publisher: Coach House Books
Description:
FEATURED INQUILL & QUIRE'S 2023 FALL PREVIEW
THEGLOBE AND MAIL: BOOKS TO READ IN FALL 2023
CBC BOOKSCANADIAN FICTION TO READ IN FALL 2023
PUBLISHERS WEEKLYBIG INDIE BOOKS OF FALL 2023
THEGLOBE AND MAILBEST 100 BOOKS OF 2023
THE TORONTO STAR BEST 100 BOOKS OF 2023
From the author of Maidenhead, a reverse cautionary tale about a young woman exploring the boundaries of sex and belonging in the early 2000s
Distraught that her teenage daughter is in love with a woman a decade older, Yara’s mother sends her away from their home in Brazil to Israel, on a Birthright trip for Jewish youth. Freed from her increasingly controlling and jealous girlfriend, Yara is determined to forge her own path and follow her desires.
But Birthright takes a debaucherous turn, and Yara flees Israel for Toronto and then California. As she wanders, Yara is forced to reframe her relationship and her ideas around consent. Set in the sex-tape-panicked early 2000s, Yara is a reverse cautionary tale about what the body can teach us.
"Tamara Faith Berger is one of our best writers of the body, capturing in sharp, red-hot prose its raw animal urges, its often confused and contradictory desires, and the way our search for pleasure can be both liberatory and self-annihilating. Like Israel, bodies are contested territories, and in Berger's revelatory new novel, Yara seeks to wrest control and meaning from the forces that seek to instrumentalize hers: nationalism, capit