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Hotline

Dimitri Nasrallah
4.14/5 (7083 ratings)
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A vivid love letter to the 1980s and one woman’s struggle to overcome the challenges of immigration

It’s 1986, and Muna Heddad is in a bind. She and her son have fled Lebanon and moved to Montreal, leaving behind a civil war filled with bad memories.. She had plans to find work as a French teacher, but no one in Quebec trusts her to teach the language. She needs to start making money, and fast. The only work Muna can find is at a weight-loss center as a hotline operator.

All day, she takes calls from people responding to ads seen in magazines or on TV. On the phone, she’s Mona, and she’s good at listening. These strangers all have so much to say once someone shows interest in their lives--marriages gone bad, parents dying, isolation, personal inadequacies. Even as her daily life in Canada is filled with invisible barriers at every turn, at the office Muna is privy to her clients’ deepest secrets.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
280 pages
Publication:
2022
Publisher:
Esplanade Books
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1550655949
ISBN13:
9781550655940
kindle Asin:
B0CQ1ZTQ46

Hotline

Dimitri Nasrallah
4.14/5 (7083 ratings)
Read Download
A vivid love letter to the 1980s and one woman’s struggle to overcome the challenges of immigration

It’s 1986, and Muna Heddad is in a bind. She and her son have fled Lebanon and moved to Montreal, leaving behind a civil war filled with bad memories.. She had plans to find work as a French teacher, but no one in Quebec trusts her to teach the language. She needs to start making money, and fast. The only work Muna can find is at a weight-loss center as a hotline operator.

All day, she takes calls from people responding to ads seen in magazines or on TV. On the phone, she’s Mona, and she’s good at listening. These strangers all have so much to say once someone shows interest in their lives--marriages gone bad, parents dying, isolation, personal inadequacies. Even as her daily life in Canada is filled with invisible barriers at every turn, at the office Muna is privy to her clients’ deepest secrets.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
280 pages
Publication:
2022
Publisher:
Esplanade Books
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1550655949
ISBN13:
9781550655940
kindle Asin:
B0CQ1ZTQ46

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