Mornings in Jenin

Name: Mornings in Jenin
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781526687562
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Over a million copies sold - a classic of modern Palestinian writing

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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... Read More

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Mornings in Jenin

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A heart-wrenching, powerfully written novel, spanning three generations of a Palestinian family through love and loss, war and oppression

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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

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

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526687562

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 November 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 254g

Pages: 352

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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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