Salt Houses in Around the World in 80 Books

Sep 11, 2017 Sera rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1st, literary-fiction, kindle, own

Very good read about one family's life in the Middle East. Each chapter is written from a point of view of one of the characters at a time 3-10 years later than the last chapter. This technique is very effective as Alyan is able to tell a story that spans multi-generations without having to write 700+ pages to do so. I hadn't read a book set in Palestine, Kuwait or Beirut before, which are some of the locations in the Middle East where members of the family reside in the book. I found it interes ...more

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Nov 16, 2021 Astrid Lim rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, middle-east, family, war

3,5 stars!

The premise of this book is so good, about a family who has been affected by the war in Palestine, and how they try to find a permanent home all over the world, only to feel that they don't belong anywhere.

However, because I hope to read more about the war, the background, and how the family dealt with the tragedy, my expectation was a bit different than what the story was about. The story used different PoV in each chapter, with chrconological order and usually skipped a few years ahe ...more

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May 28, 2024 Rebecca Manery rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, award-winners, hopwood-library-pick

Beautifully written novel told by several members of a family of the Palestinian diaspora who are repeatedly displaced by war and conflict but always reunited.

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Feb 21, 2022 Rachel Shields Ebersole rated it liked it

Well-written. Geographically wide-ranging, including a lot of places I don't typically read about. I didn't really ever get into it, but I'm glad I read it. The audiobook reader was quite good. ...more

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