
The Blue Between Sky and Water
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy Now for £14.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Jennifer Woodward
-
By:
-
Susan Abulhawa
About this listen
It is 1947, and Beit Daras, a quiet village in Palestine surrounded by olive groves, is home to the Baraka family. Eldest daughter Nazmiyeh looks after her widowed mother, prone to wandering and strange outbursts, while her brother Mamdouh tends to the village bees. Their younger sister Mariam, with her striking mismatched eyes, spends her days talking to imaginary friends and writing.
When Israeli forces gather outside the town's borders, nobody suspects the terror that is about to descend. Soon the village is burning and, amidst smoke and ash, the family must take the long road to Gaza, in a walk that will test them to their limits.
Sixty years later, Mamdouh's granddaughter Nur is living in America. She falls in love with a married man, a doctor who works in Palestine, and follows him to Gaza. There she meets Alwan, the mother of Khaled - a boy trapped in his own body, unable to wake up from a deep blue dream. It is through her that Nur will at last discover the ties of kinship that transcend distance - and even death.
The Blue Between Sky and Water is a story of powerful, flawed women; of relocation, separation, and heartache; of renewal, family, endurance, and love. Susan Abulhawa brings a raw humanity and delicate authority to the story of Palestine in this devastatingly beautiful tale.
©2015 Susan Abulhawa (P)2015 Audible, Inc.What a moving story!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Outstanding humanity
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A Beautiful Story
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Another amazing book
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I would have wished the story teller was an Arabic speaker, many words weren't pronounced as they should be.
loved it!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The other side of the story
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Ethereal romantic
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A beautiful tale with writing to match
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Loved it
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.