Past Event
Friday, August 23, 2019, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Huda Al-Marashi: First Comes Marriage
7265 Jackson Drive, San Diego, 92119
Cost: Free
The San Carlos Branch Library welcomes Huda Al-Marashi to discuss her book, First Comes Marriage: My Not-So-Typical American Love Story, an Iraqi-American memoir about immigration, marriage and love. The Washington Post calls First Comes Marriage "a charming, funny, heartbreaking memoir of faith, family, and the journey to love." Al-Marashi’s other writings has appeared in the Washington Post, the LA Times, al Jazeera, VIDA Review, Refinery 29, the Rumpus, and the Offing. The Library Shop will be onsite to sell copies of First Comes Marriage to support the San Diego Public Library Foundation.