A Tender Struggle: Story of a Marriage (Previously Titled My Accidental Jihad)
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"A story about love, marriage, compromise, parenthood and the difference between the life one imagined and reality."* Fifteen years ago, Krista Bremer, a California-bred feminist, surfer, and aspiring journalist, met Ismail Suayah, sincere, passionate, kind, yet from a very different world. One of eight siblings born in an impoverished fishing village in Libya, Ismail was raised a Muslim--and his faith informed his life. When Krista and Ismail made the decision to become a family, she embarked on a journey she never could have imagined, an accidental jihad: a quest for spiritual and intellectual growth that would open her mind and, more important, her heart. "A bold piece of writing (and thinking) by an incredibly brave woman." --Elizabeth Gilbert, author of The Signature of All Things "A moving, lyrical memoir."--Kirkus Reviews "Candid and rich." --Good Housekeeping "Unrelenting candor and gorgeous prose." --BookPage "Krista Bremer has a very good story." --The New York Times Book Review "A beautiful account of [Krista's] jihad, or struggle, to find peace within herself and within her marriage." --The Kansas City Star "Lucid, heartfelt, and profoundly humane . . . Navigates the boundaries of religion and politics to arrive at the universal experience of love." --G. Willow Wilson, author of Alif the Unseen "This is a memoir worth reading." --*Pittsburgh Post-GazetteProduct Details
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Reviews
"My Accidental Jihad is a bold piece of writing (and thinking) by an incredibly brave woman." --Elizabeth Gilbert, author of The Signature of All Things and Eat, Pray, Love
"Utterly absorbing . . . A beautiful book." --Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild
"Candid and rich." --Good Housekeeping
"Lucid, heartfelt and profoundly humane, My Accidental Jihad navigates the boundaries of religion and politics to arrive at the universal experience of love." --G. Willow Wilson, author of Alif the Unseen
"A beautiful account of [Bremer's] jihad, or struggle, to find peace within herself and within her marriage." --The Kansas City Star
"Readers of memoir will welcome this love story about patience and kindness and learning the importance of putting culture first." --Library Journal
"A moving, lyrical memoir . . . A sweet and rewarding journey of a book." --Kirkus Reviews
"Told with rare honesty, My Accidental Jihad is the story of Krista Bremer's lifelong quest for insight and understanding, a search that leads her out of the Pacific surf to journalism school in North Carolina and through the complex challenges and unexpected joys of a cross-cultural marriage and family. This book is a powerfully personal account of the courage and hard work necessary to open one's heart and keep it that way." --Maggie Shipstead, author of Seating Arrangements
"My Accidental Jihad is one of the most captivating and moving memoirs I've read in years. The story Krista Bremer tells--one of radical foreignness between a married couple--could be a metaphor for all committed relationships." --Haven Kimmel, author of A Girl Named Zippy
"My Accidental Jihad is a bold piece of writing (and thinking) by an incredibly brave woman." --Elizabeth Gilbert, author of The Signature of All Things and Eat, Pray, Love
"Utterly absorbing . . . A beautiful book." --Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild
"Candid and rich." --Good Housekeeping
"Lucid, heartfelt and profoundly humane, My Accidental Jihad navigates the boundaries of religion and politics to arrive at the universal experience of love." --G. Willow Wilson, author of Alif the Unseen
"A beautiful account of [Bremer's] jihad, or struggle, to find peace within herself and within her marriage." --The Kansas City Star
"Readers of memoir will welcome this love story about patience and kindness and learning the importance of putting culture first." --Library Journal
"A moving, lyrical memoir . . . A sweet and rewarding journey of a book." --Kirkus Reviews
"Told with rare honesty, My Accidental Jihad is the story of Krista Bremer's lifelong quest for insight and understanding, a search that leads her out of the Pacific surf to journalism school in North Carolina and through the complex challenges and unexpected joys of a cross-cultural marriage and family. This book is a powerfully personal account of the courage and hard work necessary to open one's heart and keep it that way." --Maggie Shipstead, author of Seating Arrangements
"My Accidental Jihad is one of the most captivating and moving memoirs I've read in years. The story Krista Bremer tells--one of radical foreignness between a married couple--could be a metaphor for all committed relationships." --Haven Kimmel, author of A Girl Named Zippy
