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It\\u2019s time to get complicated! We\\u2019re thrilled to be chatting with Mai Al-Nakib about her new novel, An Unlasting Home, a multigenerational saga that traces the lives of five formidable women across multiple countries and continents.

** After Mai describes that this is a story of inherited trauma, loss, migratory passages, and looking for home, we discuss the complicated women of this novel and the ways Mai connected them in the writing process. (03:50)

** The theme of mothers and daughters runs through this novel. We loved Mai\\u2019s explanation of her desire to explore the unspoken and unmarked inheritances that get passed down and shape each generation. (08:32)

** We discuss Maria and why Mai wanted to tell the story of the caretakers that care for the children of other women. (11:54)

**  Mai explains how she figured out the form and narrative structure of this polyphonic complex novel. (16:05)

** Mai shares the meaning behind the title, the birds on the book cover and what it all has to do with James Joyce. (20:48)

** Our minds expand with some big questions about ethics vs morality and the question of how we live an ethical life. (24:38)

** Mai lets us in on what she is loving right now and the interesting seeds for her next novel. (30:11)

You can contact Mai at: www.maialnakib.com

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