{"product_id":"too-soon","title":"Too Soon","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eArabella gets an unexpected chance at love when she’s thrust into a conflict and history she’s tried to avoid all her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eZoya is playing matchmaker for her last unmarried granddaughter and stirring up buried memories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eNaya is keeping a secret from her children that will change all their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThirty-five-year-old Arabella, a New York theatre director whose dating and career prospects are drying up, is offered an opportunity to direct a risqué cross-dressing interpretation of a Shakespeare classic—that might garner international attention—in the West Bank. Her mother, Naya, and grandmother, Zoya, hatch a plot to match her with Aziz, a Palestinian American doctor volunteering in Gaza. Arabella agrees to meet Aziz, since her growing feelings for Yoav, a celebrated Israeli American theatre designer, seem destined for disaster...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWith biting hilarity, Too Soon introduces us to a trio of bold and unforgettable voices. This dramatic saga follows one family’s epic journey fleeing war-torn Jaffa in 1948, chasing the American Dream in Detroit and San Francisco in the sixties and seventies, hustling in the New York theatre scene post-9\/11, and daring to stage a show in Palestine in 2012. Upon learning one of them is living on borrowed time, the three women fight to live, make art, and love on their own terms. A funny, sexy, and heart-wrenching literary debut, Too Soon illuminates our shared history and asks, how can we set ourselves free?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eAuthor: Betty Shamieh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003ePages: 352\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eDimensions: 8.4 in H | 5.5 in W | 0.9 in T\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eOn sale date: January 13, 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003ePublisher: Avid Reader Press \/ Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Avid Reader Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50295471702230,"sku":"9781668046555","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6649\/7238\/files\/TooSoon.jpg?v=1787429953","url":"https:\/\/telegraphhillbooks.com\/products\/too-soon","provider":"Telegraph Hill Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}