[PREORDER] Hope You Still Love Me

Release Date: May 4, 2027

At 23, newly an asylum seeker in the US, Rabha Ashry loses her mind.

Ashry grew up in the UAE under the watchful eyes of her Egyptian parents.

The eldest daughter to a narcissistic mother and indifferent stepfather, she draws up her own escape plans.

She succeeds in fleeing the abuse and neglect of her stifling home life, and moves to Chicago on a search for a new, loving home.

But then she finds herself suffering from manic episodes, in and out of psych wards, and on too many pills that don't work.

Entrapped by her own mind.

In this searing, lyrical memoir, Ashry maps the geography of her survival.

From the manic highs and crushing lows of bipolar disorder to the uncertain, frightening journey of seeking asylum, Hope You Still Love Me explores a queer, Bipolar, Arab woman's search for acceptance and belonging, and what it takes to heal.

A profound exploration of language and self, of cultural and personal identity, and the journey of exile and homecoming.

Home is a story.

Home is a trap.

Home is a way out.

Navigating the tension between the family we are born into and the family we choose, Hope You Still Love Me is a meditation on what remains when we finally stop running.