Love Is an Ex-Country : A Memoir Jewish and insightful look into the

and insightful look into the lives of people who must reconcile the strictures of their culture and traditions with their own dreams and desires

But could the reward of embracing their true selves be worth it

a hope for a better future

the odds of survival are even slimmer

For the first time in their life

Love Is an Ex-Country : A Memoir Jewish and insightful look into theBy Randa Jarrar Queer. Muslim. Arab American. A proudly Fat woman. Randa Jarrar is all of these things. In this "exuberant, defiant and introspective" memoir of a cross country road trip, she explores how to claim joy in an unraveling and hostile America (The New York Times Book Review). Randa Jarrar is a fearless voice of dissent who has been called "politically incorrect" (Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times). As an American raised for a time in