{"product_id":"a-country-called-brooklyn-blood-feuds-family-honor-my-sisters-murder-9781971423005","title":"A Country Called Brooklyn: Blood Feuds, Family Honor \u0026 My Sister's Murder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Country Called Brooklyn: Blood Feuds, Family Honor \u0026amp; My Sister's Murder\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA gripping memoir about honor, family loyalty, and the search for truth after a brutal murder.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in 1970s Brooklyn under 500-year-old Albanian honor codes, Hane believed in fate, female submission, and God's plan. Her world seemed perfect-until her favorite sister, Jariyeh, was murdered by her husband. Suddenly nothing made sense. Why had God allowed it? Why did her brother set out for revenge? But good girls didn't question. They obeyed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirty years later, Hane finds the courage to investigate the murder-risking disgrace to her family name. Was it an honor killing, as the husband later told Jariyeh's children? Or had drug dealers forced his hand, as her family believed?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on court transcripts, witness accounts, family interviews, and the ancient \u003cstrong\u003eHonor Codes of Lekë Dukagjini\u003c\/strong\u003e, Hane uncovers a truth far more complicated than she expected. The deeper she goes into her sister's life, the more she is forced to confront the beliefs that shaped her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlending family memoir with true crime, \u003cem\u003eA Country Called Brooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e is one woman's determination to uncover the truth about her sister's murder-and the courage it takes to challenge tradition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hane Selmani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Silent Truth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781971423005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndieReader\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelmani, Hane:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Hane Selmani was born in Kosova and raised in Brooklyn, New York, where she was taught that becoming a proper Nuse-wife mattered more than self-expression. Writing was not encouraged; obedience was.Decades after her sister's murder, Selmani returned to the past through court transcripts, family interviews, and memory. Her desire to be her sister's voice gave her the courage to question the beliefs she was raised with-and to stand up for herself.Her work explores what it costs to choose truth over tradition. A Country Called Brooklyn: Blood Feuds, Family Honor \u0026amp; My Sister's Murder is the first book in her memoir series.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Hane Selmani \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48912202006685,"sku":"9781971423005","price":34.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/a-country-called-brooklyn-blood-feuds-family-honor-my-sisters-murder-9781971423005","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}