{"product_id":"har-mar-stories-0522","title":"Har Mar: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJourneying through the emotional migrations of women living in the in-between\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It's been a long time since I've read a collection of stories as honest, true, and wise as this one. I finished the stories of \u003ci\u003eHar Mar \u003c\/i\u003efeeling a lot less lonesome in the world. I loved this book.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --Vauhini Vara, author of \u003ci\u003eThis Is Salvaged: Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Hilal Isler's gripping debut story collection, \u003ci\u003eHar Mar\u003c\/i\u003e, women in the early twenty-first century navigate the complex spaces between countries, families, languages, and selves. Isler's characters are all on the verge of something--success, rebellion, revelation--and they want to disappear as much as they want to be seen. Moving back and forth between Turkey and the United States, these stories trace migrations both physical and emotional: a nanny plots to flee the wealthy family she cares for in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul; in Har Mar, a quiet mall tucked in the suburbs of Minneapolis, a bookseller escapes her grief in a complicated relationship with a wig retailer; an actress is hired by a famous American novelist to portray her at public events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe women in \u003ci\u003eHar Mar \u003c\/i\u003edon't always make sound decisions, and they're not trying to be heroes. But they are reaching--imperfectly, but fiercely--for connection, truth, and home. With moving prose and a deep sense of longing, this collection explores what it means to grow up in the margins, to live in translation, and to build a life at the edge of belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKhadijah Number Two \u003cbr\u003eArzum\u003cbr\u003eKings \u003cbr\u003eMister Morning Barista \u003cbr\u003eFarhana, Please\u003cbr\u003eScorpion \u003cbr\u003eHoney \u003cbr\u003eHar Mar\u003cbr\u003eThe Lambs \u003cbr\u003eThe Honeymooner\u003cbr\u003eThe Keys \u003cbr\u003eNothing for Something \u003cbr\u003eA Rare and Wonderful Man \u003cbr\u003eThe American Way \u003cbr\u003ePower Couple \u003cbr\u003eScattered Chances\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHilal Isler\u003c\/b\u003e teaches at the University of Texas. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's, New York Magazine, The Believer, The Baltimore Review, The Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e online, and elsewhere. She is a 2023 McKnight Fellow in Creative Prose and lives with her family in Austin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hilal Isler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67623837171997,"sku":"9798899480522","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9798899480522.jpg?v=1790794645","url":"https:\/\/www.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/har-mar-stories-0522","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}