{"product_id":"the-blue-between-sky-and-water-1","title":"The Blue Between Sky and Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eMornings in Jenin\u003c\/i\u003e comes a powerful, passionate story of a family separated by conflict, and the tragedy they endure\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'The story Susan Abulhawa tells in this marvellous novel is hard to bear but impossible to ignore ...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eprecise, courageous, and dazzling'\u003c\/b\u003e Teju Cole\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Gripping and deeply moving ... Suffering and resilience are difficult things to witness, but this powerful, politically engaged novel does so with a transformative literary grace.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It is 1947, and Beit Daras, a rural Palestinian village, is home to the Baraka family - oldest daughter Nazmiyeh, brother Mamdouh, beautiful, dreamy Mariam and their widowed mother. When Israeli forces descend, sending the village up in flames, the family must take the long road to Gaza, in a walk that will test them to their limits.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sixty years later, in America, Mamdouh's granddaughter Nur falls in love with a doctor. Following him to his work in Gaza, she meets Alwan, who will help Nur discover the ties of kinship that transcend distance - and even death.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Told with raw humanity, \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Between Sky and Water\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical, devastatingly beautiful story of a family's relocation, separation, survival and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing Plc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781408865125\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"abulhawa, susan","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.68","offer_id":47975398703281,"sku":"SB-1408865122-C3","price":1.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1408865122.jpg?v=1790298281","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-blue-between-sky-and-water-1","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}