As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow

As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow
Zoulfa Katouh
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h198 x 129mm - 448pg
15 Sep 2022 UK
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9781526648518
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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.
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 * As gorgeous as it is groundbreaking, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow holds many things at once: beauty and ruin; brutality and sweetness; tender love in the midst of shattering violence. Katouh writes with urgency and grace, and while she never shies from the horrors of war, neither does she miss a single note of hope-and there are so many. This book is devastatingly beautiful. * David Arnold, NYT bestselling author of Mosquitoland and The Electric Kingdom * Wrenching and lyrical, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow heralds a stunning new voice in young adult literature. This heartbreakingly beautiful novel challenges the reader to open their hearts and minds to the ongoing revolution in Syria against a ruthless dictator--one who has taken too many lives and forced over 7 million Syrians to flee their homeland. Zoulfa Katouh reminds us of the awesome power of love, hope, and tenacity even in the most desperate circumstances. A gorgeous, compelling read that you will not be able to put down. * Samira Ahmed, New York Times bestselling author of Internment * We don' t deserve Katouh' s gorgeous words and heartbreaking story, but she has blessed us with it anyway. AS LONG AS THE LEMON TREES GROW is not only stunningly written, it' s also an incredibly important work of our time, a book that will no doubt touch millions and leave us all broken and aching for more of Katouh' s writing. * Jesse Q. Sutanto, bestselling author of DIAL A FOR AUNTIES * As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow is hauntingly beautiful. Katouh masterfully tells a story that' s both painful and captivating, you won' t be able to put the book down. Her characters are so achingly real they' ll live with you weeks after you' ve finished reading. The story manages to embrace fear in the time of war, love in spite of loss, and hope in the face of darkness. I cannot stress it enough, this book is a must read. * Huda Fahmy, author of Huda F Are You * Brilliant, beautiful, powerful. As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow will leave a profound mark on your soul, transforming the way you see love, loss, and the human capacity for resilience and hope that soars above all * S. K Ali, New York Times bestselling author of Love from A to Z and Saints and Misfits *
Zoulfa Katouh is a Canadian writer with Syrian roots. A trilingual pharmacist, currently pursuing a master' s in drug sciences, Zoulfa is the first Syrian author to be published in both the US and the UK in the young adult category. When she' s not talking to herself in the woodland forest, she' s drinking iced coffee, baking aesthetic cookies and cakes, and telling everyone who will listen about how BTS paved the way. Her dream is to get Kim Nam-joon to read one of her books. If that happens, she will expire on the spot. As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow is her debut novel. Twitter: @thelemonwitch_
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781526648518
Published: 15 Sep 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury YA
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 448

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