Female Life on Planet Earth
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2026
Oneworld Publications (Verlag)
978-1-83643-282-1 (ISBN)
Oneworld Publications (Verlag)
978-1-83643-282-1 (ISBN)
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A daughter uncovers the secrets of her mother's past in this darkly funny, lyrical novel
When Heti’s mother, Ana, dies, she leaves behind a lifetime of unconditional love, immigrant grit, and an impeccable retail sales record at Diamonds-R-Us. But a mysterious package upends everything: a collection of photographs of Ana as a young woman – armed, robed in the garb of Muslim fundamentalism, pointing a gun at sobbing women and posing beside burning buildings – reveals a life Heti never imagined.
With these images come staggering questions: who was Ana before America, and what has Heti inherited? Rather than ask them, Heti spends the year quietly mourning, walking about Los Angeles and listening to the stories of the women she encounters in her family, at work, in the world. When it falls to her to organize the party to mark the anniversary of Ana’s death, Heti has built up enough courage to use the occasion to demand answers from the women gathered. It is only a matter of minutes before Heti understands that with the truth. Now, she risks losing her mother all over again.
With sparkling wit and emotional precision, Female Life on Planet Earth is the stunning new novel from award-winning author Laleh Khadivi.
When Heti’s mother, Ana, dies, she leaves behind a lifetime of unconditional love, immigrant grit, and an impeccable retail sales record at Diamonds-R-Us. But a mysterious package upends everything: a collection of photographs of Ana as a young woman – armed, robed in the garb of Muslim fundamentalism, pointing a gun at sobbing women and posing beside burning buildings – reveals a life Heti never imagined.
With these images come staggering questions: who was Ana before America, and what has Heti inherited? Rather than ask them, Heti spends the year quietly mourning, walking about Los Angeles and listening to the stories of the women she encounters in her family, at work, in the world. When it falls to her to organize the party to mark the anniversary of Ana’s death, Heti has built up enough courage to use the occasion to demand answers from the women gathered. It is only a matter of minutes before Heti understands that with the truth. Now, she risks losing her mother all over again.
With sparkling wit and emotional precision, Female Life on Planet Earth is the stunning new novel from award-winning author Laleh Khadivi.
Laleh Khadivi is the author of three novels, The Age of Orphans, The Walking and A Good Country, otherwise known as the Kurdish Trilogy. She is the recipient of a Whiting Award, a Barnes and Noble Discover New Writers Award, a Pushcart Prize, NEA grant for the arts and the Stanford Stein fellowship. She lives in Oakland, California and is chair of the University of San Francisco MFA program in writing.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.9.2026 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 146 x 225 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Historische Romane |
| Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen | |
| Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-83643-282-8 / 1836432828 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-83643-282-1 / 9781836432821 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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