The Confusion of Languages is a sharp and brilliant meditation on the steep costs of coloring outside the lines, especially in an environment where conforming to the norm demands the difficult task of walking a straight and narrow path. With achingly honest prose and riveting characters, The Confusion of Languages plunges readers into a shattering collision between two women and two worlds, affirming Siobhan Fallon as a powerful voice in American fiction and a storyteller not to be missed. Set within the expat community of Amman, Jordan on the cusp of the Arab Spring, The Confusion of Languages is a story of the intricate and complicated bonds of friendship. It is also a deep look into an aspect of military life that we are not often privy to: the home life of a military partner who trails behind, making a home in difficult places, both sheltered and threatened by their spouse's chosen career/5.
The Confusion of Languages is the knitting together and unraveling of a friendship between two women. There's Cassie, a military wife who has lived in Jordan for years, ready to take Margaret under her wing, and Margaret, new to marriage, to motherhood, and to the Middle East, valuing kindness over custom. "Fallon's storytelling approach is clever The Confusion of Languages explores friendships, parenting, and the civilian/military divide." —The Washington Post. FOR READERS: The Confusion of Languages By Siobhan Fallon. Siobhan Fallon. Review by Michael Magras. July Cassie Hugo, one of two women at the center of The Confusion of Languages, the touching debut novel by Siobhan Fallon (You Know When the Men Are Gone), has many reasons to be jealous of Margaret Brickshaw, the biggest of which is Margaret's family. It's May , the time of the Arab.
The Confusion of Languages. By Siobhan Fallon Praise Reviews Photos Buy the book Reading Guide Trailer. IN PAPERBACK JUNE 5, A searing debut novel from the award-winning author of You Know When the Men are Gone, about jealousy, the unpredictable path of friendship, and the secrets kept in marriage, all set within the U.S. expat community of the Middle East during the rise of the Arab Spring. The Confusion of Languages by Siobhan Fallon (debut) Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Release Date: J Length: pages Buy on Amazon. Single Sentence Summary: Military wives Cassie Hugo and Margaret Brickshaw battle cultural differences, and each other, while living in Jordan during the Arab Spring. With achingly honest prose and riveting characters, The Confusion of Languages plunges readers into a shattering collision between two women and two worlds, affirming Siobhan Fallon as a powerful voice in American fiction and a storyteller not to be missed.
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