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The Blue Between Sky and Water
- Narrated by: Jennifer Woodward
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
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Publisher's Summary
It is 1947, and Beit Daras, a quiet village in Palestine surrounded by olive groves, is home to the Baraka family. Eldest daughter Nazmiyeh looks after her widowed mother, prone to wandering and strange outbursts, while her brother, Mamdouh, tends to the village bees. Their younger sister, Mariam, with her striking mismatched eyes, spends her days talking to imaginary friends and writing.
When Israeli forces gather outside the town's borders, nobody suspects the terror that is about to descend. Soon the village is burning, and, amid smoke and ash, the family must take the long road to Gaza, in a walk that will test them to their limits.
Sixty years later Mamdouh's granddaughter, Nur, is living in America. She falls in love with a married man, a doctor who works in Palestine, and follows him to Gaza. There she meets Alwan, the mother of Khaled - a boy trapped in his own body, unable to wake up from a deep blue dream. It is through her that Nur will at last discover the ties of kinship that transcend distance - and even death.
The Blue Between Sky and Water is a story of powerful, flawed women; of relocation, separation, and heartache; of renewal, family, endurance, and love. Susan Abulhawa brings a raw humanity and delicate authority to the story of Palestine in this devastatingly beautiful tale.
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- rijascm
- 12-07-21
Great Story & Narration ; Bad Arabic pronunciation
Just wished the audio book narrator put a teeny bit effort in pronouncing the usual Arabic words right. Even the character names were disappointingly wrong. The name Mahmoud is pronounced Mamdouha😕I don't know how that error even happens. The over all narration is great otherwise. The story and the writing style of Susan AbulHawa is incredible.
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