{"product_id":"the-meaning-of-daughter-9781685970833","title":"The Meaning of Daughter","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter immigrating from Lebanon to Haiti as a young girl, Merjan comes of age in an insular, conservative community, where it seems as though her sole escape is marriage. Striking a bargain with a young art dealer, she marries and dreams of becoming a painter, only to discover her husband's support tethered with expectations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1970s, Merjan's daughter Yvonne is a young woman on the cusp of a marriage of convenience. Though resentful of her mother, Yvonne dreams of establishing a Haitian art gallery in New York with the help of a well-connected older man--but her time there ends disastrously, creating a deep rift between her and her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the present day, Yvonne's daughter Eva is a student whose art draws inspiration from her grandmother Merjan's largely undiscovered work. When Eva becomes unexpectedly pregnant, she moves back to her childhood home in Miami to sort out her ambivalent feelings, where she finds her family upended by feuds. An intimate family saga, \u003ci\u003eThe Meaning of Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e explores questions about maternal ambivalence, ambition, artmaking, and how desire resists gendered expectations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexia Nader\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 5.44w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781685970833\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexia Nader\u003c\/b\u003e's writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Nader lives in San Francisco, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Alexia Nader \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48944165486749,"sku":"9781685970833","price":25.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_18eb18ee-5270-4ab4-b49c-fb6dae79bea2.jpg?v=1790154836","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-meaning-of-daughter-9781685970833","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}