{"product_id":"the-coin-by-yasmin-zaher","title":"'The Coin' by Yasmin Zaher","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-14\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-14\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-14\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-108\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"e3127fb9-36b0-4793-84e0-ee2136d2a5d2\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"317\" data-end=\"642\"\u003eA young Palestinian woman teaching at a New York middle school becomes increasingly untethered by money, beauty, cleanliness, power and desire.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"317\" data-end=\"642\"\u003eWealthy but stateless, precise but unstable, she moves between classroom life, obsessive rituals, bad men, luxury objects and the strange spiritual theatre of ownership.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"644\" data-end=\"1036\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"644\" data-end=\"654\"\u003eThe Coin\u003c\/em\u003e is a debut novel with a serrated little pulse: funny, filthy, elegant, politically uneasy and psychologically strange without flattening itself into issue-fiction. It sits somewhere between contemporary New York novel, dissociation spiral, class satire and body-horror of the self — a book about what happens when identity, money and control become indistinguishable from appetite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"644\" data-end=\"1036\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1059\" data-end=\"1082\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2024 Footnote Press paperback, first printing. Near fine condition, with only very light shelf wear. Clean, bright copy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44658138710099,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-05-26T152804.165.png?v=1779773301","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-coin-by-yasmin-zaher","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}