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

Author/creator Tolan, Sandy
Format Book
Edition1st U.S. ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Bloomsbury Pub. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2006.
Descriptionxiv, 362 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects

Contents Bell -- House -- Rescue -- Expulsion -- Emigration -- Refuge -- Arrival -- War -- Encounter -- Explosion -- Deportation -- Hope -- Homeland -- The lemon tree.
Abstract The tale of a simple act of faith between two young people--one Israeli, one Palestinian--that symbolizes the hope for peace in the Middle East. In 1967, not long after the Six-Day War, three young Arab men ventured into Israel, on a pilgrimage to see their childhood homes; their families had been driven out nearly twenty years earlier. Two were turned away, but the third was met at the door by a young woman who invited them in. This act, in the face of years of animosity, is the starting point for a true story of a remarkable relationship between two families, one Arab, one Jewish. In the lemon tree his father planted in the backyard, Bashir sees dispossession and occupation; Dalia, who arrived as an infant in 1948, sees hope for a people devastated by the Holocaust.--From publisher description.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-282) and index.
LCCN 2005030360
ISBN1582343438 (hardcover)
ISBN9781582343433 (hardcover)
ISBN9781582343433

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks DS126.6.A2 T65 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold