A Girl Made of Dust by Naalie Abi Ezzi (2008)
Read: April 2011
Found at the AUC Press outlet store where there are shelves upoon shelves of books that are only loosely sorted into categories (fiction, non-fiction, AUC press and other are the categories I think....oh, and 'oversized'). There were just so many that I had to throw out the whole 'don't judge a book by its cover' and scan the spines and make a few pics. Choices were based on arabic-sounding author names or titles or something that looked like it was about travel or Egypt / MENA. I thought I had to have a rule, as otherwise book buying would just get silly! I did break this rule with one book; Johnny Cash - Walk The Line as we loved the film and it's a great story so I thought the book would be an acceptable buy!
This was a really lovely find. Ruba is a young girl who lives in Lebanon. She is Christian, but her closest friend is a muslim boy. Her father though is the mystery as he is quiet and doesn't leave the house. Israeli troops invade and the world is turned upside down. The mystery of the father extends further when his brother arrives and lightens the household, but his quick exit leaves more questions than answers. The grandmother knows all though and is trying to hold the family together.
A really lovely read with nice characters created and story told with emotion and feeling for the situation as a family, as a people and as a young girl.
Read: April 2011
Found at the AUC Press outlet store where there are shelves upoon shelves of books that are only loosely sorted into categories (fiction, non-fiction, AUC press and other are the categories I think....oh, and 'oversized'). There were just so many that I had to throw out the whole 'don't judge a book by its cover' and scan the spines and make a few pics. Choices were based on arabic-sounding author names or titles or something that looked like it was about travel or Egypt / MENA. I thought I had to have a rule, as otherwise book buying would just get silly! I did break this rule with one book; Johnny Cash - Walk The Line as we loved the film and it's a great story so I thought the book would be an acceptable buy!
This was a really lovely find. Ruba is a young girl who lives in Lebanon. She is Christian, but her closest friend is a muslim boy. Her father though is the mystery as he is quiet and doesn't leave the house. Israeli troops invade and the world is turned upside down. The mystery of the father extends further when his brother arrives and lightens the household, but his quick exit leaves more questions than answers. The grandmother knows all though and is trying to hold the family together.
A really lovely read with nice characters created and story told with emotion and feeling for the situation as a family, as a people and as a young girl.
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