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My Accidental Jihad: A Love Story Audiobook
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Fifteen years ago, Krista Bremer would not have been able to imagine her life today: married to a Libyan-born Muslim, raising two children with Arabic names in the American South. Nor could she have imagined the prejudice she would encounter or the profound ways her marriage would change her perception of the world. But on a running trail in North Carolina, she met Ismail. He was passionate and sincere—and he loved adventure as much as she did. From acquaintances to lovers to a couple facing an unexpected pregnancy, this is the story of two people—a middle-class American raised in California and a Muslim raised by illiterate parents in an impoverished Libyan fishing village—who made a commitment to each other without forsaking their own identities. It is the story of a bicultural marriage—and aren’t all marriages bicultural? In any marriage, we might discover that our mate is foreign to us, with very different language, memories, and assumptions about home and family. How we respond to difference is what shapes our families, our communities, and our world.
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“If you’re going to bridge thedistance between a Southern California upbringing and the world you enter whenyou marry a Libyan man, you’d better have a sense of humor, serious though yourcontemplations may be. Xe Sands strikes the balance between these two positionswell. She moderates Krista Bremer’s wry perceptions with her sincerereflections…Sands’ calm tones connect the many realizations on Bremer’s rockyroad to change and compassion.”
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“My Accidental Jihad is a bold piece of writing (and thinking) by an incredibly brave woman.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author -
“Utterly absorbing…A beautiful book.”
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“Candid and rich.”
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“A beautiful account of [Bremer’s] jihad, or struggle, to find peace within herself and within her marriage.”
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“Bremer, associate publisher of the Sun, explores the points of connection—and potential conflict—in her marriage to Libyan-born Ismail…Bremer’s particular story strikingly highlights the (usually more mundane) cultural clashes and compromises inherent to every marriage or long-term relationship.”
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“Readers of memoir will welcome this love story about patience and kindness and learning the importance of putting culture first.”
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“A moving, lyrical memoir…A sweet and rewarding journey of a book.”
— Kirkus Reviews
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About Krista Bremer
Krista Bremer is the associate publisher of the Sun magazine and the recipient of a Rona Jaffe Foundation Award. Her essay on which My Accidental Jihad is based received a Pushcart Prize. Her essays have been published in More, the Sun, and O, The Oprah Magazine, and she’s been featured on NPR and in the PBS series Arab American Stories.
About Xe Sands
Xe Sands has more than a decade of experience bringing stories to life through narration, performance, and visual art, including recordings of the Nightwalkers series from Jaquelyn Frank. She has received several honors, including AudioFile Earphones Awards and a coveted Audie Award, and she was named Favorite Debut Romance Narrator of 2011 in the Romance Audiobooks poll.