The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue African American Studies ambition and precarity

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The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue African American Studies ambition and precarityFrom the celebrated author of As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow comes a poignant novel about a Syrian American girl who uses a magical sketchbook to turn her grief into art, painting miraculous murals of her mothers life in Syria. Seventeen year old Jihad Dabbagh has always seen life with a heightened sense for colors, one of many magical blessings the women in her family possess. But Jihads gift changes depending on her mood. When depression sets in,