Radwa Ashour takes you to a land your feet have never known... It is the land of Tantura in occupied Palestine, and it is narrated by Ruqayya, the heroine of the novel, who was 13 years old at the time... She tells the details of daily life on a safe land that she does not know or imagine what awaits her... She tells the story of the almond trees and the olive trees... She tells the story of the sea and its smell... She tells the story of the neighbors and the aunt and uncle... Then she suddenly and smoothly takes you to the heart of the Nakba... You see yourself gathering your things and saying goodbye to your land and home... You step over the tragedies and run to escape to a new life that is different and difficult, but new... You pass over sixty years of the suffering of the Palestinian people, and you feel as if you were there
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