The Hollow Half: A Memoir of Bodies and Borders
With stunning prose, Aziza, who hails from a family of Gazan refugees, navigates effortlessly between geographies, timelines and languages to parse trauma and refuse the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
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A beautiful and sobering memoir.
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Lyrical, vulnerable, and insightful, this formally inventive, deeply researched memoir masterfully weaves the author’s struggle with anorexia with the history of her family and their multigenerational relationship with their Palestinian homeland. The author’s description of her relationship with her husband is particularly poignant in its honesty and circumspection, providing a devastating picture of what it means to be sick around those we love. A graceful memoir about anorexia, family, and displacement.
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