The Lemon Tree
by Sandy Tolan
Taste attributes: documentaryhistoricalbiographyslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancecomplex relationshipunlikely connections
Boxlist takeRealistic and serious: a moving non-fiction book, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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About This Book
The true story of a friendship spanning religious divisions and four decades of Israeli-Palestinian conflict.In the summer of 1967, not long after the Six Day War, three young Palestinian men ventured into the town of Ramla in Israel. They were cousins, on a pilgrimage to see their childhood homes, from which they and their families had been driven out nearly twenty years earlier.
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- Author
- Sandy Tolan
- Published
- 2006
- Pages
- 362
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- Open Library
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