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A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST
“Extraordinary … A sweeping history of the Palestinian-Israeli conundrum … Highly readable and evocative.” – The Washington Post
The tale of a simple act of faith between two young people, one Israeli and one Palestinian, that symbolizes the hope for peace in the…
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This is an impeccably researched book that is given a human perspective, as if one is there observing the events, characters and emotions as they happened. My work has taken me to various parts of Israel, Gaza and the surrounding area/countries on numerous occasions. Over time, one gains an easy familiarity with an incomplete and assumed history that doesn't fit the various rhetoric, but fits personal observations, experiences and conversations. This book fundamentally changed that easy familiarity, challenging what I thought I knew, filling gaps and exposing me to new insights and ways of looking at my own experiences in…
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