Product Description
Lina is trying to lead a normal girl's life in Baghdad, but being Jewish in an Arab country is not easy as politics keep intruding. Violent government coups are almost annual events and it's difficult for a child to understand what's going on or who to believe. The need for secrecy means Lina cannot tell her best friend that her family is just waiting for the right moment to flee. It is the 1960s and Lina is part of the dwindling Jewish community
From the Publisher
At a ceremony at the Arts Club in London, 2001, Mona Yahia won the Jewish Quarterly/Wingate Prize for fiction for her novel. The 4000 pound prize is given annually to an author of a work of literary merit, which stimulates an interest and awareness of themes of Jewish concern amongst a wider reading public.
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About the Author
Born in Baghdad in 1954, Mona Yahia escaped in 1970 and went to live in Israel. In 1985 she moved to Germany to study fine arts and has remained there ever since.
