Where I come from, we learned to force ourselves to listen. We were taught that silence would save us.

Palestine, 1990. Seventeen-year-old Isra would rather read books than entertain her father's chosen suitors. After a week, however, the naive, dreamy girl is hastily engaged and married, and soon she is already living in Brooklyn. Isra struggles to live up to her tyrannical mother-in-law, Farida, as well as her strange new husband, Adam, and the pressure only increases when she gives birth to four girls... instead of the boys Farida thinks she should.

Brooklyn, 2008. Eighteen-year-old Deya, Isra's oldest daughter, only wants to go to college, but under pressure from her grandmother, Farida, she is forced to meet prospective husbands. Would he have had a different choice if his parents had survived the fatal car accident when he was only eight years old? However, her grandmother is adamant about the matter: Deya's dignified future is secured only through marriage with the right man.

But as fate has its way, Deya soon discovers shocking secrets about her family that make her question everything she thought she knew about her parents, her past, and her own future.

Three generations of Palestinian-American women living in Brooklyn are torn between their individual desires and strict traditions. A heart-wrenching novel of love, intrigue, courage and betrayal that resonates with women of all backgrounds.

Find out their fate!
If you were touched by the verses of Milk and Honey,
this novel will also find a way to your heart!

Go deep! Relax! Be present!

Recommended for adults!