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The Lemon Tree

An Arab, A Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
Pages
208
Published
2006
Language
English

Synopsis

In the wake of the Six Day War, a Palestinian man returns to his childhood home in Israel, only to be greeted by a young Jewish woman who now lives there. This unexpected meeting sparks a decades-long dialogue between two families, one Arab and one Jewish, whose lives become a lens through which to understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Discover a deeply human story that explores the enduring impact of history and the possibility of connection across divides.

How it reads

Prose complexity 7/10
Content warnings (1)
Trauma

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