{"product_id":"fire-in-every-direction-a-memoir-hardcover","title":"Fire in Every Direction: A Memoir - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTareq Baconi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e's Most Anticipated Books of 2025 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I am forever changed after reading this book.\" --Javier Zamora, author of \u003ci\u003eSolito\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the renowned Palestinian scholar, a memoir of political and queer awakening, of impossible love amidst generations of displacement, and what it means to return home.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth a love story and a coming-of-age tale that spans countries and continents, \u003ci\u003eFire in Every Direction \u003c\/i\u003ebalances humor and loss, nostalgia and hope, as it takes us from the Middle East to London, and from 1948 to the present. Tareq Baconi crafts a deeply intimate, unforgettable portrait of how a political consciousness--desire and resistance--is passed down through generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1948, Tareq's grandmother, Eva, would flee Haifa as Zionist militias seized the city. In the late 1970s, she would flee Beirut with her daughter, Rima, as the country was in the throes of a civil war. In Amman, the family would eventually obtain the comfort of middle-class life--still, a young Tareq would feel trapped: by cultures of silence, by a sense of not belonging, by his own growing awareness that he is in love with his childhood best friend, Ramzi. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After relocating to London for college, Tareq hopes to put aside his past, and begins to work through an understanding of self as a queer man. Yet as the Iraq War radicalizes young people around the world towards anti-war protest, history comes back to him: hushed whispers overheard, stories of his mother's years as an activist in Beirut and her return to Palestine during a moment of calm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Living between the region and London, Tareq fits in neither and feels alienated from both. Queerness is policed back in Amman, just as his Palestinian-ness is abroad. These gradual estrangements escalate, forcing him to grapple with what it means to live in liminal spaces, and rethink the meaning of home. Eventually, tracing the journey of his family before him, Tareq returns to Palestine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is an account of finding oneself through histories of dispossession and reclaiming what has been silenced.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTareq Baconi is a Palestinian writer, scholar, and activist. He is the grandson of refugees from Jerusalem and Haifa and grew up between Amman and Beirut. His work has appeared in, among others, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBaffler\u003c\/i\u003e, and he contributes essays to \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also written for film; his award-winning BFI short \u003ci\u003eOne Like Him\u003c\/i\u003e, a queer love story set in Jordan, screened in over thirty festivals. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eHamas Contained: A History of Palestinian Resistance, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was shortlisted for the Palestine Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eFire in Every Direction.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44810287415398,"sku":"9781668068564","price":37.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/PS36Zrh-lG9781668068564.webp?v=1771610077","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/fire-in-every-direction-a-memoir-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}