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OverviewDavid Harris-Gershon and his wife, Jamie, moved to Jerusalem full of hope. Then, mere days after Israel thwarted historic cease-fire negotiations among the Palestinians, a bomb ripped open Hebrew University's cafeteria. Jamie's body was sliced with shrapnel; the friends sitting next to her were killed. When a doctor handed David some of the shrapnel removed from Jamie's body, he could not accept that this piece of metal changed everything. But it had. The bombing sent David on a psychological journey that found himdigging through shadowy politics and traumatic histories, eventually leading him back to East Jerusalem and the Hamas terrorist and his family. Not out of revenge. Out of desperation. Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, this fearless debut confronts the personal costs of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and our capacity for recovery and reconciliation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David Harris-GershonPublisher: Oneworld Publications Imprint: Oneworld Publications Dimensions: Width: 14.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.50cm Weight: 0.431kg ISBN: 9781851689965ISBN 10: 1851689966 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 22 August 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews<br> An arduous, brave, messy, raw, emotional journey. <br>Kirkus Reviews<br> <br> An arduous, brave, messy, raw, emotional journey. <br>Kirkus Reviews<br><br> Harris-Gershon's prose and storytelling abilities are matched only by his deep and moving compassion and humanity, all of which spillout on every page of this amazing book. - Tim Wise, author of White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son<br><br> This book is an act of forgiveness. It does what all great non-fiction does, which is to look with ruthless honesty at that which is most beautiful and terrible within all of us - friend, enemy, lover, stranger. A beautifully written, brave and compassionate book. - Sarah Messer, author of Red House<br><br> An immensely compelling and intelligent memoir that leads the reader through anger and confusion towards reconciliation and hope. - Richard Zimler, author of the Last Kabbalist of Lisbon and The Warsaw Anagrams<br> Author InformationDavid Harris-Gershon is a popular online columnist on Israeli-Palestinian issues for Tikkun magazine, the Jersualem Post, and Daily Kos, the most-read progressive politics website in the world. He received his MFA from the University of North Carolina, and his essays and creative writing have been published in numerous venues. He and his wife live in Pittsburgh. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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