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100 1  Shadid, Anthony. 
245 10 House of stone :|ba memoir of home, family, and a lost 
       Middle East /|cAnthony Shadid. 
264  1 Boston :|bHoughton Mifflin Harcourt,|c2012. 
300    xviii, 311 pages :|bgenealogical tables ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0  Introduction : Bayt -- pt. 1. Returning. What silence 
       knows ; Little olive ; Three birds ; Our last gentleman ; 
       Gold ; Early harvest ; Don 't tell the neighbors ; Abu 
       Jean, does this please you? ; Mr. Chaya appears ; Last 
       whispers ; Khairalla's oud ; Citadels -- pt. 2. At home. 
       Homesick ; A bush called Rozana ; Stupid cat ; Sitara ; 
       Salted miqta ; Passing danger ; Home ; Worse times ; In 
       the name of the father ; Coming home ; Oh Laila ; My 
       Jedeida. 
520    "In 2006, Shadid, an Arab-American raised in Oklahoma, was
       covering Israel's attack on Lebanon when he heard that an 
       Israeli rocket had crashed into the house his great-
       grandfather built, his family's ancestral home. Not long 
       after, Shadid (who had covered three wars in the Middle 
       East) realized that he had lost his passion for a region 
       that had lost its soul. He had seen too much violence and 
       death; his career had destroyed his marriage. Seeking 
       renewal, he set out to rebuild the house that held his 
       family's past in the town they had helped settle long ago.
       Although the course of the reconstruction is complicated 
       by craftsmen with too much personality, squabbles with his
       extended family, and Lebanon's political strife, Shadid is
       restored along with the house and finds that his 
       understanding of the Middle East, which he had known 
       chiefly in wartime, has been deepened by his immersion in 
       smalltown life. Coming to terms with his family's emigrant
       experience and their town's history, the "homeless" Shadid
       finds home and comes to understand the emotions behind the
       turbulence of the Middle East. In a moving epilogue, 
       Shadid describes returning to this house after a nearly 
       disastrous week as a prisoner of war in Libya along with 
       the first visit of his daughter. Combining the human 
       interest of The Bookseller of Kabul and Three Cups of Tea 
       with the light touch of an expert determined, first, to 
       tell a story, Shadid tells the story of a reconstruction 
       effort that would have sent Frances Mayes to a psychiatric
       hospital as he brings to life unforgettable characters who
       lives help explain not just the modern Middle East but the
       legacy of those who have survived generations of war. He 
       flashes back to his family's loss of home, their suffering
       during their country's dark days, and their experiences as
       newcomers in Oklahoma. This is a book about what propels 
       the Middle East's rage, loss of home, and what it must 
       examine and re-find, the sense of shared community. Far 
       surpassing the usual reporter's "tour of duty," books, 
       House of Stone is more humane and compelling and will 
       please students of the region, those whose families have 
       emigrated from other nations, and all readers engaged by 
       engrossing storytelling"--|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Shadid, Anthony|xFamily. 
650  0 Families|zLebanon. 
650  0 Home|zLebanon|xHistory. 
650  0 Dwellings|zLebanon|xHistory. 
650  0 Housing|zLebanon|xHistory. 
650  0 Architecture, Domestic|zLebanon|xHistory. 
650  7 Emigration and immigration|xSocial aspects.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst00908722 
650  7 Families.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01728849 
650  7 Home.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00959074 
650  7 Social history.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01122498 
651  0 Lebanon|xEmigration and immigration|xSocial aspects. 
651  0 Middle East|xSocial conditions. 
651  0 Lebanon|xImmigration and emigration|xSocial aspects. 
651  7 Lebanon.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01206063 
651  7 Middle East.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01241586 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
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