A heartrending love letter to Syria and its people — As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow is a luminous novel of hope, love and courage set amid the Syrian Revolution, perfect for readers of The Book Thief and Salt to the Sea. This special edition features beautiful deckle (rough-cut) edges.
Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom rang out across Syria. Now she volunteers at a hospital in Homs, tending the wounded who flood through its doors each day. Desperate to escape before her pregnant sister-in-law, Layla, gives birth, Salama is torn between loyalty to her country and her will to survive — a fear that has taken physical form in Khawf, an imagined companion who shadows her every move.
When she crosses paths with a boy she was once meant to meet, Salama begins to question whether she can really leave home at all. To find her way, she must learn to see the chaos around her for what it truly is — not a war, but a revolution — and decide how she, too, will cry out for Syria's freedom.
Devastating, hopeful and unforgettable.
Paperback (deckle edge) · YA historical fiction · Available at Book Tanks, delivered across Malaysia.
Book details
Author: Zoulfa Katouh
ISBN: 9780316351485
Format: Paperback (deckle edge)
Language: English
Genre: YA historical fiction
As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh — brand new, 100% original, in stock at Book Tanks and shipped fast across Malaysia.
