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008			141110s2015 enkj e 000 1 eng d
020			_a9781408865118 (paperback)
035			_a(OCoLC)906895805
035			_a(AuCNLKIN)000054505024
040			_aNJB _beng _erda _cNJB _dNz
082	0	4	_a813/.6 _223
100	1		_aAbulhawa, Susan, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe blue between sky and water / _cSusan Abulhawa.
260			_aLondon : _bBloomsbury Circus, _c2015.
300			_aix, 293 pages : _bgenealogical table ; _c24 cm.
520			_a"There was a time when they lived in the village of Beit Daras, and the sun was hot and the earth was rich. There were ruins dating back to the Crusades; now their homes, too, are ruins, and they are refugees in the small strip of Gaza. And yet, when young Khaled dies, and moves on to the afterlife, it is back in Beit Daras that he finds himself. And from here he may slip through history, watching the continuing the story of his matriarchal family. He sees his grandmother, Nazmiyeh, once the prettiest, baddest girl in the town, the eternal ringleader. The other girls felt she hung the sky. He sees his mother, Alwan, who loves quietly and strongly, and who sustains the family through her embroidery work, stitching the stars and moon in place. He sees the great-aunts and cousins, and his sunny little sister, Rhet Shel. Finally, there is the branch of the family that moves to Kuwait, and then to America, where Nur, his mother's cousin, begins to lose herself. She will return to Mediterranean shores to find her past, and rediscover the ties of kinship that transcend distance and even death. Born of the violent, troubling history which continues to rage forth and claim its dead, The Blue Between Sky and Water is very much a novel of survival, and of the vivid, powerful women whose world they manage, with each day, to enlarge and to enliven"--Publisher.
650		0	_aFuture life _vFiction. _92025
650		0	_aFamilies _vFiction. _9128
651		0	_aPalestine _xForeign relations _zIsrael _vFiction.
655		0	_aDomestic fiction _9147
650		0	_99579 _aWomen _vFiction.
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