{"product_id":"book-olp5","title":"The Coin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2025 Swansea Dylan Thomas Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Gotham Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman's unraveling as she teaches at a New York City middle school, gets caught up in a scheme reselling Birkin bags, and strives to gain control over her body and mind\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Coin\u003c\/i\u003e’s narrator is a wealthy Palestinian woman with impeccable style and meticulous hygiene. And yet the ideal self, the ideal life, remains just out of reach: her inheritance is inaccessible, her homeland exists only in her memory, and her attempt to thrive in America seems doomed from the start.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn New York, she strives to put down roots. She teaches at a school for underprivileged boys, where her eccentric methods cross boundaries. She befriends a homeless swindler, and the two participate in an intercontinental scheme reselling Birkin bags.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut America is stifling her—her willfulness, her sexuality, her principles. In an attempt to regain control, she becomes preoccupied with purity, cleanliness, and self-image, all while drawing her students into her obsessions. In an unforgettable denouement, her childhood memories converge with her material and existential statelessness, and the narrator unravels spectacularly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn enthralling, sensory prose, \u003ci\u003eThe Coin\u003c\/i\u003e explores nature and civilization, beauty and justice, class and belonging—all while resisting easy moralizing. Provocative, wry, and inviting, \u003ci\u003eThe Coin\u003c\/i\u003e marks the arrival of a major literary voice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50025714254128,"sku":"BDolp5","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/751327-olp5-Square.jpg?v=1754283751","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-olp5","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}