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Mornings in Jenin, a novel, Susan Abulhawa

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Mornings in Jenin

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Susan Abulhawa

"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."--Jacket

a novel

Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Prelude; I. El Nakba; 1 The Harvest; 2 Ari Perlstein; 3 The No-Good Bedouin Girl; 4 As They Left; 5 â#x80;#x9C;Ibni! Ibni!â#x80;#x9D;; 6 Yehyaâ#x80;#x99;s Return; 7 Amal Is Born; II. El Naksa; 8 As Big as the Ocean andAll Its Fishes; 9 June in the Kitchen Hole; 10 Forty Days Later; III. The Scar of David; 11 A Secret, Like a Butterfly; 12 Yousef, the Son; 13 Mosheâ#x80;#x99;s Beautiful Demon; 14 Yousef, the Man; 15 Yousef, the Prisoner; 16 The Brothers Meet Again; 17 Yousef, the Fighter; 18 Beyond the First Row of Trees; 19 Yousef Leaves; 20 Heroes; 21 Tapered Endings22 Leaving Jenin23 The Orphanage; IV. El Ghurba; 24 America; 25 The Telephone Call from Yousef; V. Albi fi Beirut; 26 Majid; 27 The Letter; 28 â#x80;#x9C;Yesâ#x80;#x9D;; 29 Love; 30 A Story of Forever; 31 Philadelphia, Again; 32 A Story of Forever, Forever Untold; 33 Pity the Nation; 34 Helpless; 35 The Month of Flowers; 36 Yousef, the Avenger; VI. Elly Bayna; 37 A Woman of Walls; 38 Here, There, and Yon; 39 The Telephone Call from David; 40 David and Me; 41 Davidâ#x80;#x99;s Gift; 42 My Brother, David; VII. Baladi; 43 Dr. Ari Perlstein; 44 Hold Me, Jenin; VIII. Nihaya o Bidaya; 45 For the Love of Daughters46 Pieces of God47 Yousef, the Cost of Palestine; Authorâ#x80;#x99;s Note; Glossary; References; About the Author; Reading Group Guide; New from Susan Abulhawa; eCopyright