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Kuwaiti author Mai Al-Nakib’s debut novel follows one woman’s family over the course of three generations. Beginning in 2013, the story here alternates between university professor Sara; her mother, Noura; her ayah, Maria; and her grandmothers, wealthy Yasmine and poor Lulwa.