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As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
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I just finished chapter 28 and I need a minute, I did not see that coming at all.
oh my gosh, yes!! I didn't see it coming at all either!
Trisha wrote: "oh my gosh, yes!! I didn't see it coming at all either!"I really enjoyed this book. I don’t typically read YA and got it before I realized. It was a good mistake. I can’t even imagine going through this.
Now Salama volunteers at a hospital in Homs, helping the wounded who flood through the doors daily. Secretly, though, she is desperate to find a way out of her beloved country before her sister-in-law, Layla, gives birth. So desperate, that she has manifested a physical embodiment of her fear in the form of her imagined companion, Khawf, who haunts her every move in an effort to keep her safe.
But even with Khawf pressing her to leave, Salama is torn between her loyalty to her country and her conviction to survive. Salama must contend with bullets and bombs, military assaults, and her shifting sense of morality before she might finally breathe free. And when she crosses paths with the boy she was supposed to meet one 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.