The Beauty of Your Face: A Novel by Sahar Mustafah

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One of the New York Times’s 100 Notable Books of 2020

The Beauty of Your Face tells a uniquely American story in powerful, evocative prose. Afaf Rahman, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, is the principal of a Muslim school in the Chicago suburbs. One morning, a shooter–radicalized by the online alt-right–attacks the school. As Afaf listens to his terrifying progress, we are swept back through her memories, and into a profound and “moving” ( Bustle) exploration of one woman’s life in a nation at odds with its ideals.