Beschreibung:
Susan Abulhawa is a human rights activist, biologist and political commentator. She is the founder of Playgrounds for Palestine, a children's organisation dedicated to upholding the Right to Play for Palestinian children. Her debut novel, Mornings in Jenin, was an international bestseller, and was translated into twenty-six languages. She lives in Pennsylvania with her daughter.
It is 1947, and Beit Daras, a quiet village in Palestine surrounded by olive groves, is home to the Baraka family. Eldest daughter Nazmiyeh looks after her widowed mother, prone to wandering and strange outbursts, while her brother, Mamdouh, tends to the village bees. Their younger sister, Mariam, with her striking mismatched eyes, spends her days talking to imaginary friends and writing.