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Mona

by Alice Savage

A new arrival on Summer Street

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A new arrival on Summer Street

In this installment of the Yellow House Stories, Joe and Brita open their home to Mona, the mother of Rashid. Having lost her husband in the Syrian civil war, Mona comes to America holding on to hopes for her son while hesitating to consider what a new life might mean for herself. Her arrival brings questions of family, displacement, and belonging into the everyday life of Summer Street, an American neighborhood where cultures meet and people face the work of living together.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in stories about migration, family, and starting over.
  • Readers who enjoy neighborhood-centered fiction about cultural encounters and community life.

Themes

Displacement and migrationFamily and hopeBelonging and communityCultural encounters

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Book overview

Fall brings more changes to the yellow house as Joe and Brita open their home to a new relative. Rashid's mother, Mona, lost her husband in the Syrian civil war, but her dreams for their son keep her going. She arrives in America with not much more than hope. As for creating her own new life? Well, that is not something Mona wants to look at just yet. But this beautiful, sad woman does not go unnoticed!

 

The Yellow House Stories follow daily life on Summer Street, an American neighborhood where cultures meet, challenges emerge, and people learn how to live together.

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