A review by eleong
Once in a Promised Land by Laila Halaby

3.0

At first I felt some resistance even though I love reading post 9/11 literature, but once I got into it, I became enraptured by the story. I was completely in the characters' world -- Jordanian and American -- I was in Tucson, AZ; I was in their cool, clean house; I was in their confused heads. Halaby's writing allowed me to move from two very different cultures effortless which is truly a talent.