A House with an Ajar Door

Author: Mariam Hammoud

Mariam Hammoud writes about the homes we think we've left behind, but they never stop returning in our details. About the father who was a vast shadow then faded, about the mother who painted life without using many words, about absence, about childhood, and about the girls who became women and forgot nothing. Stories told from renewed angles, directly touching the heart. She walks on the borders of nostalgia and writes about what is often left unsaid. In a quiet language and with sincere contemplation, the author gives us an opportunity to pause for a moment before our ages, our questions, and our small details that are still trying to be understood.