** The funniest book of the year **
Award Winner in the Romance: Romantic Comedy category of the 2022 American Fiction Awards
One of the best summer romance picks that makes it the perfect addition to your next book club for Best Romance Books!
A modern-day Arab Pride and Prejudice for a new generation of love
Noor Beyrouti has a lot going on. Her diary is a devastatingly self-aware, laugh-out-loud account of her young adult life as a single, daughter, sister, friend, and young woman on a permanently doomed quest for self development, sense of self, and love.
Caught between the joys of singleton fun, career growth, and the fear of not finding love and getting married, this young adult doesn’t want to follow the tradition of an arranged marriage. Stuck between the challenge of following her parents’ will of not dating men (insane dating theories) and her desire to live a love story, Noor had to find her life with the boundaries set by traditions and norms.
In this hilarious and unnervingly accurate take on modern womanhood, Noor meets a smart and handsome man who comes from a different background and religion. She fought for this relationship that has been challenged by her friends and family, and only to end up mad about the boy. She found she has to deal with not only what she discovers about that boy, but also the truth she realizes about herself.
Join Noor in this real life clean and wholesome romantic novel on her rollercoaster journey in the vibrant city of Beirut where she fights for her right to love and her right to build a successful career. This memoir unveils the challenges of conservative family traditions. It is a self discovery novel that unfolds a contemporary romance full of unexpected twists and turns amidst adventure, heartache, and triumph.
This page turner presents a powerful mix of words and international mood music that makes the scenes so vivid and evokes a bouquet of emotions.
Read it and laugh—before you cry!
Rana Baydoun, was born in the buzzing city of Beirut and brought up in a typical Lebanese family amid lots of love and drama. Since she was a little girl, Rana loved telling stories to her school teachers, friends, and hundreds of cousins, aunties, and uncles.Her love for storytelling grew stronger with her when she moved abroad. Even though she lived in amazing cities such as Hamburg, Athens, and Lausanne, Rana always had a strong feeling of nostalgia for her hometown of Beirut. She felt that there was so much more to tell than just the usual cliché news of bombs and power cuts.In her first novel, The Elephant Tooth of 1995 she takes her readers on a compelling rollercoaster journey portraying a typical Lebanese life through the eyes of a young girl called Noor.Rana lives with her husband and three kids and their on & off cat in Dubai.www.ranabaydoun.com
