As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

‘Zoulfa Katouh twines heartache with hope, rage with serenity, and sorrow with joy to create this masterful, raw and deeply human account of a young Syrian woman caught in the middle of a revolution, trying to survive a world on fire. An absolute must-read.’
—Sabaa Tahir, New York Times bestselling author of An Ember in the Ashes.

An epic, emotional, breathtaking young adult story of love and loss set amid the Syrian revolution, from stellar new talent Zoulfa Katouh.

Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had her parents and her big brother; she still had her home. She was even supposed to be meeting a boy to talk about marriage.

Now Salama volunteers at a hospital helping the wounded who flood through the doors. She knows that she should be thinking about leaving, but who will help the people of her beloved country if she doesn’t? With her heart so conflicted, her mind has conjured a vision to spur her to action. His name is Khawf, and he haunts her nights with hallucinations of everything she has lost. But even with Khawf pressing her to leave, when she crosses paths with Kenan, the boy she was supposed to meet on that fateful day, she starts to doubt her resolve in leaving home at all. Soon, Salama must learn to see the events around her for what they truly are—not a war, but a revolution—and decide how she, too, will cry for Syria’s freedom.

Burning with the fires of hope and possibility, As Long as the Lemon Tree Grows will sweep you up and never let you go.

As Long as the Lemon Tree Grows  by Zoulfa Katouh

Out 20 September from Bloomsbury

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