{"product_id":"9780776642598","title":"Happiness Has a Slippery Tail","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis novel paints the portrait of a Lebanese family that has settled in Montreal. The central figure is Dounia, a 75-year-old mother and grandmother. Hers is a story of loss—she first leaves her own village to live in her husband’s hometown, and then is wrenched from her homeland, not once but twice, to live in a strange land whose language and customs are foreign to her. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDounia can neither read nor write, and she speaks only Arabic. Illiterate yet perceptive, nourished by Lebanese proverbs and pearls of wisdom, she has a unique and captivating voice. She struggles, yes, but manages to achieve fulfilment in her new world: “My home is where my grandchildren are, clinging to my neck, calling me \u003ci\u003eSitto\u003c\/i\u003e Dounia […] in my language. I want to die where my children and my grandchildren live.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbla Farhoud was an actor and playwright before becoming a novelist in 1998 with the publication of this novel, the French title of which was \u003ci\u003eLe bonheur a la queue glissante\u003c\/i\u003e, awarded the France-Québec – Philippe Rossillon Prize. Other novels followed, including \u003ci\u003eLe Sourire de la petite Juive\u003c\/i\u003e (published in English as \u003ci\u003eHutchison Street\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eLe dernier des Snoreux\u003c\/i\u003e, and the posthumous book \u003ci\u003eHavre-Saint-Pierre\u003c\/i\u003e. Abla Farhoud passed away in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abla Farhoud (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":47578110001374,"sku":"9780776642598","price":20.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0425\/4567\/6440\/files\/BNCImageAPI_2f1dd25f-8d90-45c2-8656-9b473f0ca3bb.jpg?v=1759378298","url":"https:\/\/paragraphbooks.com\/fr\/products\/9780776642598","provider":"Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}