A furious and beautiful book from an internationally bestselling author of formidable standing - on sex and power, persecution and resistance
Susan Abulhawa was born to refugees of the Six Day War of 1967, when her family’s land was seized and Israel captured what remained of Palestine, including Jerusalem. She moved to the USA as a teenager, graduated in biomedical science and established a career in medical science. In July 2001, she founded Playgrounds for Palestine, a children’s organisation dedicated to upholding The Right to Play for Palestinian children. She is the author of two novels, Mornings in Jenin, which was an international bestseller, and The Blue Between Sky and Water, and a book of poems. She lives in Pennsylvania with her daughter. @sjabulhawa
A thrilling, defiant novel ... Reads as a riot act against
oppression, misogyny, and shame
*FATIMA BHUTTO*
A powerful and subversive story of trauma and survival for fans of
My Sister, The Serial Killer and Her Body and Other Parties
*The Millions*
Susan Abulhawa has reached greater heights with her new and
courageous novel. Wide in its scope and breadth it is a lively,
exciting book that is difficult to put down. The work of a
seasoned, accomplished writer, this is a bold and dazzling work
which is sure to arouse controversy
*RAJA SHEHADAH*
Nahr is a wonderful creation, strong-willed, passionate,
unapologetic and adventurous. Her refusal to accept the
subordination expected of her propels the story at a thrilling
pace. Her determination to find love in a loveless world and her
unquenchable spirit in adversity shines a ray of hope into some
very dark places
*MICHAEL PALIN*
A fearless work of imagination and documentary gathering power and
depth as it sweeps along
*AHDAF SOUEIF*
A masterpiece ... Forces us to wrestle with the complexities of
love, freedom, struggle, and shame in ways that both inspire and
challenge our very conceptions of what it means to be human. A
major literary contribution that further cements Abulhawa’s status
as one of the most important writers of our generation
*MARC LAMONT HILL*
The writer's pain - and the beauty of her prose – are very real
*Daily Telegraph*
One of the most thought-provoking books I've read ... written with
passion and honesty, and poetry
*Daily Mail*
Abulhawa's writing shines ... Friendship, adolescence, love:
ordinary events, offset against extraordinary circumstances, make
the story live
*Independent*
Hard to bear but impossible to ignore … Shows how history’s assault
on each person is public, and how it nevertheless cannot extinguish
the private experience of grief or the secret sense of eros.
Abulhawa's vision is precise, courageous, and dazzling
*Teju Cole*
In true Thousand and One Nights style, Abulhawa surprises us by
continually unfolding new stories … Characters struggle to keep
their secrets, but Abulhawa releases them. These are secrets we
need to know, secrets that will educate us about ourselves
*Guardian*
A transformative literary grace. Abulhawa’s prose is luminous
*Independent on Sunday*
A fine observer of female kinship ... A powerful read
*Financial Times*
A family saga with global reach, these stories jump off the page
and into the soul and reach far beyond any headline or statistic,
past the head, to the heart
*Laleh Khadivi*
A giant step in the development of Palestinian fiction. The book is
a great feat of imagination and storytelling
*Raja Shehadeh*
Readers … are sure to be charmed by Abulhawa’s glittering language
and to remember (and love) the characters long after the book has
ended
*Washington Independent Review of Books*
Powerful and moving
*Stylist*
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