Overview
A beautiful and inspiring memoir about finding love and a home in a war zone Moving her family to a war zone was not a simple choice, but she's determined to find hope, love, and peace amid the conflict in the Middle East. When young mother Stephanie Saldana finds herself in an empty house at the beginning of Nablus road-the dividing line between East and West Jerusalem-she sees more than a Middle Eastern flash point. She sees what could be home. Before her eyes, the fragile community of Jerusalem opens, and she starts to build her family to outlast the chaos. But as her son grows, so do the military checkpoints and bomb sirens, and Stephanie must learn to bridge the gap between safety and home, always questioning her choice to start her family and raise her child in a country at war. A Country Between is a celebration of faith, language, and family-and a mother's discovery of how love can fill the spaces between what was once shattered, leaving us whole once more.
Full Product Details
Author: Stephanie Saldaña
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
Imprint: Sourcebooks, Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 0.397kg
ISBN: 9781492639053
ISBN 10: 1492639052
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 07 February 2017
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
This fascinating book captures the reality of living in colliding worlds...Saldana's observations about the realities of marriage, motherhood, and aging...offer the sense of having had a uplifting conversation with a thoughtful soul. Rather than attempting to answer political questions about the region, Saldana shares a curious kind of hope by showing how life goes on no matter the circumstances... readers gain a deeper understanding of love and faith. - <strong><em> Booklist, STARRED review</em> </strong>
This candid, tenderly rendered love story begins in a Syrian monastery, where Saldana (Bread of Angels), a Texas-born journalist, falls for Frederic, a French novice monk...Saldana describes in wonderful detail how, as their family expands, they stay in a place where so little makes sense, guided solely by their hope in the future. - <strong><em> Publishers Weekly</em> </strong>
A testament to the couple's full embrace of peace and a commitment to living the lives they chose together...this book about hope in uncertain times reads especially poignantly for anyone looking darkly at the future. - <strong><em> Library Journal</em> </strong>
Author Information
STEPHANIE SALDA A received a B.A. from Middlebury College and has won several awards for her poetry. She lives in Jerusalem with her husband and children, and teaches at the Honors College for Liberal Arts and Sciences, a partnership of Bard College and Al-Quds University. She is the author of The Bread of Angels.
