Seventeen-year-old Halah Ibrahim has always known a privileged life and
never had cause to question it until Cairo goes up in flames. Not only
does she start to doubt her father and his role in the new
military-backed government--but she ultimately decides to flee to
America with a young soldier she hardly knows, an impulsive act that has
far-reaching consequences on both sides of the ocean. A powerful and
universal debut novel about family, identity, and independence, Country
of Origin is as much about a nation's coming-of-age as it is about
secrets and lies, love and truth.