Cactus pear for my beloved : a family story from Gaza
Sabawi, Samah2024
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Place reservation for Cactus pear for my beloved : a family story from GazaSamah Sabawi shares the story of her parents and many like them who were born as their parents were being forced to leave their homelands. Filled with love for land, history, peoples it is more than anything else a family story and a love story told with enormous humanity and feeling. How the son (one of six), born at the height of the displacements to a disabled father and illiterate mother, a believer in peaceful resistance, became a leading poet and writer in Palestine, before being forced, with his own young family in tow, to flee and start a new life in Australia. One of the gifts of Samah Sabawi's Baba is to remain open-hearted and optimistic.
Main title:
Cactus pear for my beloved : a family story from Gaza / by Samah Sabawi.
Author:
Imprint:
[Southbank, Victoria] : Penguin Books, 2024.
Collation:
323 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781761344978
Dewey class:
BIOGRAPHY
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
499973
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | BIOGRAPHY SABA | Onloan - Due: 03 Feb 2025 |
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