Mornings in Jenin : Over a million copies sold - a classic of modern Palestinian writing

Author: Abulhawa, Susan

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 7 November 2024 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 352 pages
197 x 129 x 25 | 252g

A heart-wrenching, powerfully written novel, spanning three generations of a Palestinian family through love and loss, war and oppressionOVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDETHE 15TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION ‘A powerful and passionate insight into what many Palestinians have had to endure’ Michael Palin‘Abulhawa possesses the heart of a warrior’ Alice WalkerPalestine, 1948. A mother clutches her baby son as Israeli soldiers march through the village of Ein Hod. In a split second, he is snatched from her arms – and the fate of the Abulheja family is changed forever.

Mornings in Jenin is a devastating novel of love and loss, war and oppression, heartbreak and hope, spanning five countries and four generations of one of the most intractable conflicts of our lifetime.

Readers love Mornings in Jenin‘The most heartbreaking novel I have ever, so far, come to read’ Goodreads review, 5 stars‘Within the sadness of its pages glimmers hope for reconciliation and peace’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars‘The perfect example of how fiction has the power to change and inform us’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars‘Tragic, powerful, haunting, enlightening, absorbing and devastating’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars‘It made me weep every few pages, laugh out loud on others … A truly great read’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars