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Author:

Tolan, Sandy.

Title:

The lemon tree : an Arab, a Jew, and the heart of the Middle East / Sandy Tolan.

Edition:

Pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck,

Copyright Date:

2007, c2006

Description:

xix, 362 p. : maps ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Palestinian Arabs.
Israelis.
Arab-Israeli conflict.
Palestinian Arabs.
Israelis.
Israel-Arab conflicts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-282) and index.

Contents:

First words -- Author's note -- A note on spelling and pronunciation -- Bell -- House -- Rescue -- Expulsion -- Emigration -- Refuge -- Arrival -- War -- Encounter -- Explosion -- Deportation -- Hope -- Homeland -- The lemon tree.

Summary:

Traces the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the parallel stories of Dalia, a Jewish woman whose family of Holocaust survivors emigrated from Bulgaria, and Bashir, a young Palestinian man who returns to see his family home after the Six-Day War of 1967.

ISBN:

1596913436
9781596913431

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

RMPB397 -- Bayard Public Library (Bayard)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

VPPC384 -- Kling Memorial Library (Grundy Center)

VJPB334 -- Maynard Community Library (Maynard)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

JKPC771 -- Polk City Community Library (Polk City)

RKPA371 -- Rippey Public Library (Rippey)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)