I won this book as a FirstRead. 
 I think this might be the first time I have heard of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the Palestinian side. I can't imagine what it would be like to have your homes and usable land taken away from you for something that you did not do. 
 The author did a fantastic job of writing this book. The pace was just right, and she wrote impartially. The sacrifices each member of the family had to make would be the stuff of nightmares here in the US, but that is reality for the Palestinians.