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Mornings in Jenin
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Description
A heart-wrenching, powerfully written novel, spanning three generations of a Palestinian family through love and loss, war and oppression
OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE
THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
'A powerful and passionate insight into what many Palestinians have had to endure' Michael Palin
'Abulhawa possesses the heart of a warrior' Alice Walker
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Palestine, 1948. A mother clutches her baby son as Israeli soldiers march through the village of Ein Hod. In a split second, he is snatched from her arms – and the fate of the Abulheja family is changed forever.
Mornings in Jenin is a devastating novel of love and loss, war and oppression, heartbreak and hope, spanning five countries and four generations of one of the most intractable conflicts of our lifetime.
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Readers love Mornings in Jenin
'The most heartbreaking novel I have ever, so far, come to read' Goodreads review, 5 stars
'Within the sadness of its pages glimmers hope for reconciliation and peace' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
'The perfect example of how fiction has the power to change and inform us' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
'Tragic, powerful, haunting, enlightening, absorbing and devastating' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
'It made me weep every few pages, laugh out loud on others … A truly great read' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
Product details
| Published | 15 Feb 2010 |
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| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 480 |
| ISBN | 9781408810811 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Paperbacks |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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'One of the most thought-provoking books I've read ... written with passion and honesty, and poetry'
Daily Mail
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'Abulhawa's writing shines ... Friendship, adolescence, love: ordinary events, offset against extraordinary circumstances, make the story live'
Independent
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'The writer's pain - and the beauty of her prose - are very real'
Daily Telegraph
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'Powerful and moving'
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