New Novel from Internationally Bestselling Susan Abulhawa: THE BLUE BETWEEN SKY AND WATER
This September we publish an arresting novel written by the internationally bestselling author Susan Abulhawa (Mornings in Jenin). Abulhawa has been praised for bringing our attention to defining political moments in our time; namely, the Jewish and Palestinian conflicts in the mid-20th century. In her powerful and resonant new book, THE BLUE BETWEEN SKY AND WATER (September 1), Abulhawa once again turns our eyes to this contemporary struggle with searing portraits of the Palestinian men and women fighting for daily survival in the refugee camps in Gaza.
Review copies are now available—please let me know if you are interested in seeing one or in speaking to Susan. More info on her and the book below.
About Susan Abulhawa
Susan Abulhawa was born to Palestinian refugees of the 1967 war. Currently living in Pennsylvania with her daughter, she is a human rights activist and frequent political commentator. She is the founder of Playgrounds for Palestine, an organization dedicated to upholding Palestinian children’s right to play, even under occupation, and in refugee camps abroad. Her first novel, Mornings in Jenin, was an international success, with rights sold in twenty-five countries.
About BLUE BETWEEN SKY AND WATER
Forced from their homes in the village of Beit Daras, the community of Palestinians relocate to Gaza where the threat of bombings, political oppression, and attacks from foot soldiers still looms large. At the center of a well-known family is a spirited matriarch—Nazmiyeh—whose resilience and defiance binds a household of children and grandchildren. Despite military threat and personal heartaches—Nazmiyeh’s great niece Nur is lost to them, growing up in American foster care; her son is a political prisoner; her grandson has slipped into a trauma-induced coma; her daughter has cancer with no prospect of medical care—their family still celebrates the moments of joy that punctuate their lives. With faith, tenacity, and love, they embark on their own paths to healing and homecoming.
Born of a troubling history that continues to rage forth and claim its dead, THE BLUE BETWEEN SKY AND WATER is a novel of survival and of the vivid, powerful women who manage to enlarge and enliven the everyday. It is a novel for our time-and one that is also timeless.