Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-282) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

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maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The lemon tree

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

62110003

Responsibility statement

Sandy Tolan

Sub title

an Arab, a Jew, and the heart of the Middle East

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Bell -- House -- Rescue -- Expulsion -- Emigration -- Refuge -- Arrival -- War -- Encounter -- Explosion -- Deportation -- Hope -- Homeland -- The lemon tree

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