This is a short work of fiction, less than a novella really (but with a confronting "appendix"), of an old woman living in modern day Australian suburbia, but looking back to the 1947 events in Palestine when she was a five year old caught up in those early waves of Zionism after the war, when she and her family were displaced from their homes.
This work is clearly and heavily biased to the cause of the modern day Palestinians and the current (written when still only half way along) events in Gaza, while the appendix is a list of (what I hope is) facts (up to mid-late 2024) about the "war", all very damning to the Israeli government policies and its army of implementation. And presumably any country that supports it.
What can I say? The story itself (self-published, I gather on purpose) is well written and very readable, but stems from an author who is personally involved, being a "Lebanese/Australian" and a journalist to boot. I have my own opinions about this "war" (and about a heap of other horrors that spews out of the TV news every night), but I'm not going to add them here. (Stay tuned to "Pandoras Box" over to the left).
I strongly urge you to read this book (if you can find a copy - I fell over mine in a street library - although it sounds like there's been plenty printed) with an open mind, then do as I'm about to do, Google the hell out of it and make sure of what I believe to be true, is, starting with "What is Zionism?"
Oddly enough, I couldn't find out much about Sara Hadad, but the tag below should help.
Cheers....
T.R.E.
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