Being a mother of two children who are mad about Kinder Joy eggs, reading this excerpt from The Blue Between Sky and Water by Susan Abulhawa made me feel so immeasurably sad.
Here, a small child from the Gaza strip mourns the loss of Kinder Joy eggs when they are under siege by the Israelis.
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This book was on my TBR list for the longest time. Finally, I got around to it a couple of weeks ago, and all I can tell you right now, is that it is definitely worth the wait.
This book is primarily about the isolation and discrimination against the Japanese living in USA during the time of World War 2.
Here’s an excerpt where he beautifully describes the landscape while at the same time talking about the futility of fighting over land.
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