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As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
- Narrated by: Sarah Agha
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
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Publisher's summary
Bloomsbury presents As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh, read by Sarah Agha.
Burning with the fires of hope and possibility, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow will sweep you up and never let you go.
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 doesn't? 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 are—not a war, but a revolution—and decide how she, too, will cry for Syria’s freedom.
Critic reviews
"Zoulfa Katouh writes from the heart about the Syria she knows and loves. She tells with an authentic voice one of the great and most tragic stories of our time. The tender love story at the heart of the novel humanises the horrors of war and the shocking tragedy that has befallen Syria. This is an important book. Everyone should read it," (Elizabeth Laird, award-winning author of Welcome to Nowhere)
"A searing story of war, loss, family and love, of seeking grace in madness and hope in tragedy, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow is a phenomenal tale, a piercing keen for the Syria that was and the Syria that is. An absolute must read." (Sabaa Tahir, #1 NYT bestselling author of An Ember in the Ashes)
"By turns heart-wrenching and heart-warming, Zoulfa Katouh’s debut is an unflinching and eye-opening exploration of the impact of war. Beautiful, powerful and ringing with emotion, it will stay with you long after you’ve finished reading." (Katherine Woodfine, author of the Sinclair's Mysteries)
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- Anonymous User
- 09-23-24
Insightful and heartbreaking
This is a book about the revolution in Syria from 2011. The internal “war” that saw thousands of people lose EVERYTHING had my heart outside my chest the whole time, sadly it doesn’t seem like life is any better today. It made me reflect on real people’s lives in a war stricken community. The attempt at normal life, love and relationships in between the bombs, the snipers, the rape, the deep trauma, the hallucination, the pain of it all. The hope that lives in the people’s hearts for peace, freedom and normal life. The hope that the world will see them. They hope that they matter to the world. The hope that they too are human. The whole time I listened to the book, I had a picture of Gaza. Lord have mercy.
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- fiona macleod
- 07-02-24
Learning more about Syria
Sometimes a little melodramatic, but captivating. A few surprises. Characters at times somewhat simplistic, but the story draws you in.
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