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Wasted Salt

Wasted Salt is the fictionalized narrative of two marginalized immigrant women trying to find their way in America.
Zahra is a Lebanese refugee sponsored by a Baptist church in Wichita, Kansas.
Noor, an Egyptian American, is a webcam model who shares a musty basement room with Zahra. During the holy month of Ramadan, Noor, who was born into a Muslim family, doesn't get naked in front of a camera; instead, she cleans houses with Zahra along as her helper.
A violent lover from Noor's past resurfaces; assault and humiliation ensue. Zahra fights for Noor and for herself, and the two women shape a new reality through hard work and support from a friend.

Sarah Houssayni

Sarah Houssayni is a Lebanese American writer, pediatrician, and mom. She is a clinical associate professor at Kansas University. Her narratives have published in Family Medicine, Survive and Thrive, The Examined Life, Pulse Voices, and St. Cloud Repository. She is a Reader's Digest Award winner for a personal essay; her novel Fireworks was a Chanticleer Book Award finalist. This is her second novel.

Austin Macauley Publishers