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SUMMARY:susan abulhawa
LOCATION:Busboys and Poets\, 625 Monroe St NE #312\, Washington\, DC 20017\
 , USA
DESCRIPTION:“A major writer of our time.” —Alice Walker The 20th anni
 versary edition of one of the biggest contributions to anglophone Palestin
 ian literature\, with over a million copies sold worldwide\, featuring a n
 ew introduction from Maaza Mengiste. Mornings in Jenin tells the “powerf
 ul and passionate” (Michael Palin\, actor and bestselling author) story 
 of Amal\, one of three Palestinian siblings\, born in the Jenin refugee ca
 mp to parents displaced from their ancestral village in 1948 by the newly 
 formed Jewish state. Amal grows up in the shadow of a family and community
  shattered by loss—of home\, country\, heritage. Her brother Ismael is s
 tolen as an infant and raised as an Israeli soldier named David. Her older
 \, beloved brother Yousef is transformed from professor to prisoner to fig
 hter. Through war\, occupation\, and exile\, over the course of six decade
 s\, three continents\, and four generations\, Amal emerges as the family
 ’s heart—a girl who was read poetry by her father\, a woman who finds 
 love only to lose it in the Sabra and Shatila massacre\, and a mother rais
 ing her daughter Sara alone in America while carrying the weight of a home
 land she cannot reclaim. When her brother David finally appears\, searchin
 g for his origins\,…
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