Tasting the Sky A Palestinian Childhood

Name: Tasting the Sky A Palestinian Childhood
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ISBN: 9780374357337

ISBN-10: 0374357331

ISBN-13: 9780374357337

Edition: 2007

Authors: Ibtisam Barakat

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""When a war ends it does not go away," my mother says."It hides inside us . . . Just forget!"" " But I do not want to do what Mother says . . . I want to remember." In this groundbreaking memoir set in Ramallah during the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, Ibtisam Barakat captures what it is like to be a child whose world is shattered by war. With candor and courage, she stitches together memories of her childhood: fear and confusion as bombs explode near her home and she is separated from her family; the harshness of life as a Palestinian refugee; her unexpected joy when she discovers Alef, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet. This is the beginning of her passionate connection to…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 2/20/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English