







Sharon And My Mother-In-Law: Ramallah Diaries (Paperback)
Suad Amiry (author)
£8.99
Paperback
208 Pages /
Published: 03/04/2006
- In stock
A blackly funny account of everyday life in Ramallah and refreshingly different from most writing on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Sharon and My Mother-in-Law describes Suad Amiry's life on the West Bank from the early 1980s to the first decade of the new millennium. Vividly evoking her neighbourhood and her moving family history, Amiry creates a fascinating account of her attempts to live a normal life in an insane situation: from the impossibility of acquiring gas masks during the first Gulf War to her dog acquiring a Jerusalem passport when thousands of Palestinians couldn't. During the Israeli invasion of Ramallah in March 2002, Amiry's feisty ninety-two-year-old mother-in-law came to live with them, and Amiry's diary of this time is at the heart of this wonderful book about the absurdity (and agony) of life in the Occupied Territories.
Publisher: Granta Books
ISBN: 9781862078116
Number of pages: 208
Weight: 152 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 14 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
"* 'A refreshingly funny account of the absurdities of everyday life in occupied territories' Stephanie Merritt, Observer * 'Amiry's acute ear for gossip makes it almost a kind of Palestinian Desperate Housewives' Christina Lamb, The Sunday Times * 'Spirited, thought-provoking and shockingly entertaining' Hephzibah Anderson, Daily Mail Critic's Choice * 'Not only is it really funny but it also shows the kind of courage, vision and humanity needed to bring peace to the Middle East' Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues"
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