The 15th Anniversary Edition of the modern classic of Palestinian literature — over a million copies sold worldwide. A heart-wrenching, powerfully written novel: a Kite Runner for Palestine.
Palestine, 1948. Half a million Palestinians are forced from their homes. A mother clutches her six-month-old 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.
Forced into a refugee camp in Jenin and exiled from the ancient village that is their lifeblood, the family struggles to rebuild their world. Their stories unfold through the eyes of the youngest sibling, Amal — the daughter born in the camp, who will eventually find herself alone in the United States — and of her brothers: one kidnapped and raised Jewish, one who gives himself to armed resistance.
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.
Praise
“A powerful and passionate insight into what many Palestinians have had to endure.” — Michael Palin
“Abulhawa possesses the heart of a warrior.” — Alice Walker
“Affirming all that is enduring and valuable in the undefeated human spirit.” — Hanan Ashrawi
About the author
Susan Abulhawa is a Palestinian-American novelist, poet and activist, born to refugees of the 1967 war. Mornings in Jenin became an international bestseller translated into more than thirty languages, establishing her as one of the most widely read Palestinian writers in the world. Her later novels include The Blue Between Sky and Water and Against the Loveless World.
Perfect for readers of
Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, Isabella Hammad's The Parisian, Elif Shafak, and anyone drawn to sweeping, deeply human family sagas set against history.
