Swimming Toward the Light

Angela Tehaan Leone's debut novel, Swimming Toward the Light, depicts a Lebanese immigrant family in Washington, DC in the 1950s and gives us entrée into the male-dominated, independence stifling culture where female roles were rigidly prescribed. While the three older children liberated themselves by leaving home, the two youngest daughters, Lottie and Irene, were left to endure their parents' repressions and Mama's despotic regime. With unflinching candor, the narrative moves toward an unexpected and devastating conclusion.

Author: Angela Tehaan Leone
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 02/01/2007
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.38w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9780815608578

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/01/2007 pg. 32
Publishers Weekly 01/08/2007

About the Author
Angela Tehaan Leone is a prize-winning fiction writer, poet, and teacher of English and dramatic arts. She is an active member of Radius of Arab American Writers (RAWI). She lives in McLean, Va.