Too Soon - A Novel

Too Soon can only be described as the Palestinian American Pachinko as told by Ali Wong—a funny, sexy, heart-wrenching literary debut following three generations of women, perfect for readers of Etaf Rum and Candice Carty-Williams, with early praise from Geraldine Brooks: “A deft, honest novel that refuses to shun complexity as it explores the costs of love and motherhood.”

About the author

Betty Shamieh (she/her) is a Palestinian American writer and the author of fifteen plays. She is the playwright-in-residence at the Classical Theatre of Harlem. Her six New York play premieres include the sold-out off-Broadway runs of Roar and Malvolio, a sequel to Twelfth Night, which were both New York Times Critic’s Picks. Shamieh was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and named a UNESCO Young Artist for Intercultural Dialogue. She is a founding artistic director of The Semitic Root, a collective that supports innovative theatre cocreated by Arab and Jewish Americans. A graduate of Harvard College and the Yale School of Drama, she lives with her family in San Francisco. 

Summary

Too Soon can only be described as the Palestinian American Pachinko as told by Ali Wong—a funny, sexy, heart-wrenching literary debut following three generations of women, perfect for readers of Etaf Rum and Candice Carty-Williams, with early praise from Geraldine Brooks: “A deft, honest novel that refuses to shun complexity as it explores the costs of love and motherhood.”

Product details

• Authors: Betty Shamieh
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.02.2025
• EAN: 9781668046548
• ISBN: 978-1-6680-4654-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 479 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Sagas, FICTION / Sagas, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features, FICTION / Literary, Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary