Mornings in Jenin
Feb 2010 · Bloomsbury Publishing
4.8star
26 reviewsreport
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About this ebook
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
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
_____________________________________
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.
_____________________________________
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
Ratings and reviews
4.8
26 reviews
Tuqa AbuRadaha
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February 21, 2016
This is the real events which happens in Palestine since more than 100 years.. it's sad but this is the bitter reality in the middle east specially in Palestine .. the Jewish are terrorist and the history is the Witness
Angela Mantzios
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March 8, 2019
A compelling read, it takes a moment to get in to, but once you're there it carries you along.
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Anne Keogh
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August 15, 2014
A Palestine story of events which cause much pain of so many facets. I shed many tears and felt the pain. I certainly have another opinion of the stories spread across the media in the western world in present times. Can't the world beginning to share and be tolerant?
About the author
Susan Abulhawa was born to Palestinian refugees of the 1967 war. Currently living in Pennsylvania with her daughter, she is a human rights activist and frequent political commentator. She is the founder of Playgrounds for Palestine, an organization dedicated to upholding Palestinian children's Right to Play. Her first novel, Mornings in Jenin, was an international bestseller, with rights sold in twenty-six languages. Along with The Blue Between Sky and Water, she is most recently the author of Against the Loveless World, a finalist for the Aspen Words Prize and winner of the 2021 Palestine Book Award and the 2021 Arab American Book Award.
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