Rania Hanna
Author
Publisher
Hoopoe, an imprint of The American University in Cairo Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Nadine is a jinn tasked with one job: telling the stories of the dead. She rises every morning to gather pomegranate seeds -- the souls of the dead -- that have fallen during the night. With her daughter Layala at her side, she eats the seeds and tells their stories. Only then can the departed pass through the final gate of death. But when the seeds stop falling, Nadine knows something is terribly wrong. All her worst fears are confirmed when she...