A stunning historical novel, vast in its scope, of Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon, and all that was lost in the Nakba and its aftermath
Nidal and Rabie were childhood sweethearts, their love blossoming during the resistance and struggle of the 1948 Nakba and then collapsing with the loss of Palestine and the dispersion and exile that followed. Now, after long lives lived far apart on opposite sides of the world, they find themselves living under the same roof, enduring together the Israeli siege imposed on Palestinian life in the West Bank.
The unexpected arrival of Lara, a young cousin Nidal did not know she had, triggers a journey of discovery when Lara declares she wants to locate her father's - Nidal's uncle Amin's-papers. In these papers, the story of Syrian Nationalist leader Antoun Saadeh unfolds, through a trove of letters and memories written by Amin, his beloved Lisa, Rabie, and Saadeh himself.
