{"product_id":"while-we-were-waiting-9781953002747","title":"While We Were Waiting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vibrant novel that portrays the lives of an American woman fleeing the trauma of childhood abuse and an Iraqi refugee fleeing the trauma of war, each in the midst of childbirth, that Joyce Carol Oates praises as \"breathtaking, heartrending, and finally uplifting\" and Richard Ford declares \"involved me so thoroughly that I began to anticipate how it would end.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLorraine and Will, New Yorkers married for 15 years, are having their first baby, via IVF. They are 40, successful in their careers--finance and music--with pasts that have held each of them back from one another until the day \u003ci\u003eWhile We Were Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds: the day in the middle of Lorraine's sixth month when she is rushed to the high-risk obstetrics unit of Met U Hospital. Over thenext hours Lorraine and Will, individually, are compelled to face themselves and their pasts in ways they'd never thought possible: Will struggling with the loss of a beloved mentor who perished with the World Trade Center; Lorraine, a musical prodigy dealing with the ongoing aftermath of betrayal and abuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharing the waiting room with Will is Clement, an Iraqi archeologist newly arrived in America, having fled with his family from ISIS. He, too, struggles with trauma - from a murderous terrorist attack, from the high-risk delivery that his wife is enduring, and from a long-ago guilt that makes him fear for his laboring wife and their unborn child. As the space shared by Will and Clement expands with every hour and revelation. Lorraine's labor compels her to let go of the grievous harm done to her in her youth, making \u003ci\u003eWhile We Were Waiting \u003c\/i\u003ea story about the imaginative power of acceptance and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katherine Nouri Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Delphinium Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953002747\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatherine Nouri Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e is an American writer of Iraqi-Irish descent. Kate was educated at Princeton (MA Near Eastern Studies), has lived in Cairo and traveled extensively in the region. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mapmaker's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel published by Delphinium Books. She's had careers as a communications executive in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors and currently serves as a trustee of WNET\/Thirteen (the PBS flagship station) and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Her two daughters are Caitlin Hughes and Johanna Hunsbedt - who is the mother of beloved Oliver and Audrey. Kate is the widow of Robert Del Tufo who was Attorney General and United States Attorney for New Jersey. She lives in Princeton and New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Katherine Nouri Hughes \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48483866935453,"sku":"9781953002747","price":31.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_2fa985e2-ffc9-4f7a-a5c2-2963e19b3936.jpg?v=1782289452","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/while-we-were-waiting-9781953002747","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}