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Author Abulhawa, Susan.

Title Mornings in Jenin : a novel / Susan Abulhawa.

Publication Info. New York : Bloomsbury, 2010.

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Fiction  FICTION ABULHAWA    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  F ABULHAWA    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  FICTION ABULHAWA    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  F ABULHAWA    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Fiction  F ABULHAWA    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Adult Fiction  FIC ABULHAWA, S    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  F ABULHAWA, S.    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Adult Fiction  F ABULHAWA, SUSAN    On Display
 South Windsor Public Library - Adult Fiction  ABULHAWA    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Adult Fiction  FIC ABULHAWA    Check Shelf
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description xiii, 331 pages : genealogical table ; 21 cm
Note Previously published in 2006 under title: The scar of David.
Includes reading group guide (5 p.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary In this richly detailed, beautiful and resonant novel examining the Palestinian and Jewish conflicts from the mid-20th century to 2002, (originally published as The Scar of David in 2006, and now republished after a new edit), Abulhawa gives the terrible conflict a human face. The tale opens with Amal staring down the barrel of a soldier's gun?and moves backward to present the history that preceded that moment. In 1941 Palestine, Amal's grandparents are living on an olive farm in the village of Ein Hod. Their oldest son, Hasan, is best friends with a refugee Jewish boy, Ari Perlstein as WWII rages elsewhere. But in May 1948, the Jewish state of Israel is proclaimed, and Ein Hod, founded in 1189 C.E., was cleared of its Palestinian children... and the residents moved to Jenin refugee camp, where Amal is born. Through her eyes we experience the indignities and sufferings of the Palestinian refugees and also friendship and love. Abulhawa makes a great effort to empathize with all sides and tells an affecting and important story that succeeds as both literature and social commentary.
Subject Palestinian Arabs -- Fiction.
Arab-Israeli conflict -- Fiction.
Jenin -- Fiction.
Refugees, Palestinian Arab -- Fiction.
Palestine -- History -- Partition, 1947 -- Fiction.
Palestine -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945- -- Fiction.
Added Title Scar of David
ISBN 9781608190461 paperback $15.00
1608190463 paperback $15.00
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