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I'll Tell You When I'm Home
by Hala Alyan
Thank you to Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster & NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I don’t think I’ll ever be able to articulate how much this memoir affected me. Alyan is so incredibly vulnerable and giving us a glimpse into her life. She decides to use a surrogate after having multiple miscarriages. We follow this process with her as well as walking through memories and experiences throughout her life and her families lives through Palestine, Kuwait, Syria, and Lebanon. They’ve escaped war-torn villages and cities—being forced out of their homes leaving behind all they know. She also discusses her sobriety from alcohol and her relationship with the father of her child. I am grateful for the experience to read her story.
Following her experience of desiring motherhood and wanting to honor her ancestors and all of the women and mothers before her. As a mom myself, I was so emotional as she became a mother and what she told her daughter. I remember whispering to my baby and tell him so many things he’ll never remember, but they are moments I’ll never forget.
This memoir is one of my favorite reads of the year so far. I highly recommend it, friends.
It comes out 6/3/25. Add it to your TBR, babes!
CW: blood, miscarriage, alcohol, medical content/procedures, war, genocide, racism death, grief
I don’t think I’ll ever be able to articulate how much this memoir affected me. Alyan is so incredibly vulnerable and giving us a glimpse into her life. She decides to use a surrogate after having multiple miscarriages. We follow this process with her as well as walking through memories and experiences throughout her life and her families lives through Palestine, Kuwait, Syria, and Lebanon. They’ve escaped war-torn villages and cities—being forced out of their homes leaving behind all they know. She also discusses her sobriety from alcohol and her relationship with the father of her child. I am grateful for the experience to read her story.
Following her experience of desiring motherhood and wanting to honor her ancestors and all of the women and mothers before her. As a mom myself, I was so emotional as she became a mother and what she told her daughter. I remember whispering to my baby and tell him so many things he’ll never remember, but they are moments I’ll never forget.
This memoir is one of my favorite reads of the year so far. I highly recommend it, friends.
It comes out 6/3/25. Add it to your TBR, babes!
CW: blood, miscarriage, alcohol, medical content/procedures, war, genocide, racism death, grief