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Bloomsbury presents As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh read by Sarah Agha
An epic emotional breathtaking story of love and loss set amid the Syrian revolution Burning with the fires of hope and possibility AS LONG AS THE LEMON TREES GROW will sweep you up and never let you go
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DISCOVER BOOK OF THE YEAR
This is an important book Everyone should read it Elizabeth Laird awardwinning author of Welcome to Nowhere
Wrenching and lyrical Samira Ahmed New York Times bestselling author of Internment
Hauntingly beautiful a must read Huda Fahmy author of Huda F Are You
Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria She still had her parents and her big brother she still had her home She was even supposed to be meeting a boy to talk about marriage
Now Salama volunteers at a hospital in Homs helping the wounded who flood through the doors She knows that she should be thinking about leaving but who will help the people of her beloved country if she doesnt With her heart so conflicted her mind has conjured a vision to spur her to action His name is Khawf and he haunts her nights with hallucinations of everything she has lost
But even with Khawf pressing her to leave when she crosses paths with Kenan the boy she was supposed to meet on that fateful day she starts to doubt her resolve in leaving home at all Soon Salama must learn to see the events around her for what they truly arenot a war but a revolutionand decide how she too will cry for Syrias freedom
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