Publisher details

Author: Lilas Taha
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Genres: Fiction, War
Released: 13 August, 2015
ISBN: 9789927118005

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Synopsis

Omar is an orphaned Palestinian born into chaos and driven by forces beyond his control to find his place in the world. He has only one thing to hold on to: a love that propels him forward.Nadia is young and idealistic. Her attempts to be oblivious to the bleak reality in Damascus are thwarted by her cowardly brother. Will she be able to break out of her traditional social mould to create her own destiny?

About the author

Lilas Taha

Lilas Taha was born in Kuwait to a Syrian mother and a Palestinian father. After earning a BA in electrical engineering at Kuwait University, she immigrated to the U.S. when Saddam Hussein's Iraq invaded Kuwait. Taha earned a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Her first novel was Shadows of Damascus. A member of the Houston Writers Guild, she lives in Sugar Land, Texas, with her husband, daughter, and son.