{"product_id":"the-blue-between-sky-and-water-9781668242094","title":"The Blue Between Sky and Water","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Precise, courageous, and dazzling.\" --Teju Cole, author of \u003ci\u003eOpen City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the \"masterful\" (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFatima Bhutto, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Runaways\u003c\/i\u003e) international bestseller \u003ci\u003eMornings in Jenin\u003c\/i\u003e, a powerful, passionate story set in Gaza, of a family severed by colonialism, with a new introduction from Hala Alyan.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the small Palestinian farming village of Beit Daras, the women of the Baraka family invite shock. Nazmiyeh is brazen and fiercely protective of her clairvoyant little sister, Mariam, and of their mother, Um Mahmoud, known for the fearsome spirit that sometimes possesses her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When the family is forced by the newly formed State of Israel to leave their ancestral home, only Nazmiyeh and her brother survive the long road to Gaza. Amidst the violence and fragility of the refugee camp, Nazmiyeh builds a family, navigates crises, and nurtures what remains of Beit Daras's community. But her brother continues his exile's journey to America, where, upon his death, his granddaughter Nur grows up alone, in a different kind of exile. That is, until her longing for family and roots eventually beckon her to Gaza in this \"luminous\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"powerful read\" (\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Washington Square Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668242094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320","brand":"Susan Abulhawa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52934100517045,"sku":"9781668242094","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-blue-between-sky-and-water-9781668242094","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}