In the Language of Miracles -- Rajia Hassib

<b><b><b>- A <i>New York Times </i>Editors' Choice - <p/></b>"Assured and beautifully crafted . . . Hassib is a natural, graceful writer with a keen eye for cultural difference. . . . She] handles the anatomy of grief with great delicacy. . . . <i>In the Language of Miracles</i> should find a large and eager readership. For the beauty of the writing alone, Hassib deserves it." --Monica Ali, <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>" A] sensitive, finely wrought debut . . . sharply observant of immigrants' intricate relationships to their adopted homelands, this exciting novel announces the arrival of a psychologically and socially astute new writer." <b>--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> (starred review)</b> <p/>For readers of <i>House of Sand and Fog</i>, a mesmerizing debut novel of an Egyptian American family and the wrenching tragedy that tears their lives apart, from the author of <i>A Pure Heart</i></b></b> <p/>Samir and Nagla Al-Menshawy appear to have attained the American dream. After immigrating to the United States from Egypt, Samir successfully works his way through a residency and launches his own medical practice as Nagla tends to their firstborn, Hosaam, in the cramped quarters of a small apartment. Soon the growing family moves into a big house in the manicured New Jersey suburb of Summerset, where their three children eventually attend school with Natalie Bradstreet, the daughter of their neighbors and best friends. More than a decade later, the family's seemingly st