Mornings in Jenin : a novel /
Abulhawa, Susan.
Mornings in Jenin : a novel / Susan Abulhawa. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Bloomsbury, c2010. - xiii, 331 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Previously published in 2006 under title: The scar of David.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331).
"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." "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. 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.
9781608190461 (pbk.) 1608190463 (pbk.)
2009024957
Palestinian Arabs--Fiction.
Arab-Israeli conflict--Fiction.
Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Jenin--Fiction.
Palestine--History--Partition, 1947--Fiction.
Palestine--History--20th century--Fiction.
Middle East--Politics and government--1945---Fiction.
PS3601.B86 / S33 2010
813/.6
Mornings in Jenin : a novel / Susan Abulhawa. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Bloomsbury, c2010. - xiii, 331 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Previously published in 2006 under title: The scar of David.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331).
"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." "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. 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.
9781608190461 (pbk.) 1608190463 (pbk.)
2009024957
Palestinian Arabs--Fiction.
Arab-Israeli conflict--Fiction.
Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Jenin--Fiction.
Palestine--History--Partition, 1947--Fiction.
Palestine--History--20th century--Fiction.
Middle East--Politics and government--1945---Fiction.
PS3601.B86 / S33 2010
813/.6