| Note |
Previously published in 2006 under title: The scar of David. |
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Includes reading group guide (5 p.) |
| Review |
"Palestine, 1941. In the small village of Ein Hod a father leads a procession of his family and workers through the olive groves. As they move through the trees the green fruits drop onto the orchard floor; the ancient cycle of the seasons providing another bountiful harvest.". |
| Summary |
"1948. The Abulheja family are forcibly removed from their ancestral home in Ein Hod and sent to live in a refugee camp in Jenin. Through Amal, the bright granddaughter of the patriarch, we witness the stories of her brothers: one, a stolen boy who becomes an Israeli soldier; the other who in sacrificing everything for the Palestinian cause will become his enemy. |
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Amal's own dramatic story threads its way through six decades of Palestinian-Israeli tension, eventually taking her into exile in Pennsylvania in America. Amal's is a story of love and loss, of childhood, marriage and parenthood, and finally the need to share her history with her daughter, to preserve the greatest love she has."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Local Note |
Purchased by the Carl Neureuther Endowed Book Fund. |
| Subjects |
Palestinian Arabs -- Fiction.
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Arab-Israeli conflict -- Fiction.
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| Subject Keywords |
Jenin -- Fiction.
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| Subjects |
Refugees, Palestinian Arab -- Fiction.
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| Subject Keywords |
Palestine -- History -- Partition, 1947 -- Fiction.
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Palestine -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945- -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction. |
| Local Term |
Carl Neureuther Endowed Book Fund. donor
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| ISBN |
9781608190461 (pbk.) : |
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1608190463 (pbk.) : |
| OCLC/Bib Util # |
401149657 |
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