'Achingly beautiful.' -- Witi Ihimera

‘A resounding cry for justice and compassion for Palestine.’ -- Michelle de Kretser

'This slender volume by Sydney writer, Sara Haddad, comes at a time when the world’s eyes are trained on the catastrophic events that daily occur in the Middle East.  While much of the West is appalled by the relentless destruction wrought by Israel, Sara Haddad’s book does not engage in the struggle but instead presents a gentle, quite subtle account of an eighty year old woman reminiscing about her childhood in Palestine in 1947/8 when her simple, peaceful existence there was shattered by the war to establish the new state of Israel.' -- Patricia Simms-Reeve, Queensland Reviewers Collective

'This exquisite work contains both an allegorical story about Nabila Yasmeen, who as a girl experienced the horrors of the Nakba in Palestine, and a brief factual history of Palestine. We meet Nabila as a young child in Palestine in 1947 and also as an older woman in Australia in 2023.' -- Living Arts Canberra

Sara Haddad is a writer and editor who is based in Sydney. This is her first work of fiction.