The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar-Used Sabaa Tahir Clara's fiancé stormed out of

Clara's fiancé stormed out of their apartment

Not only can she start the healing process from the loss of her mother

systemic inequality

Ten years after his wife's death and with his son now at university

and what doing so has meant to her

The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar-Used Sabaa Tahir Clara's fiancé stormed out ofThis powerful and lyrical debut novel is to Syria what The Kite Runner was to Afghanistan; the story of two girls living eight hundred years aparta modern day Syrian refugee seeking safety and an adventurous mapmakers apprenticeperfectly aligns with the cultural moment (The Providence Journal) and shows how interconnected two supposedly opposing worlds can be (The New York Times Book Review). This beguiling ( Seattle Times) and stunning novel begins