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A review by ljrinaldi
Green Almonds: Letters from Palestine by Anaële Hermans
4.0
Amazing travelogue, if you could call it that, of a Anaele's letters to her sister back in Belgium, of her time as an NGO in Palestine. She lives on the side of the wall. She sees what is going on from the Palestinians point of view. One of the most striking things she hears over and over is that, oh, it is normal.
Oh, it is normal to be shot, if you go outside, on a hill.
Or, it is normal to come face to face with a solider when you are walking in a shopping area.
One reviewer didn't like the little light postcards that mark each new section that came from Anaele's sister. Little things like watching the barges, or smelling the flowers.
Sad, gripping, and well written. Held my attention when I should have been working, and just wanted to peak at how it was, for later, don't you know, and then found myself reading the whole thing.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
Oh, it is normal to be shot, if you go outside, on a hill.
Or, it is normal to come face to face with a solider when you are walking in a shopping area.
One reviewer didn't like the little light postcards that mark each new section that came from Anaele's sister. Little things like watching the barges, or smelling the flowers.
Sad, gripping, and well written. Held my attention when I should have been working, and just wanted to peak at how it was, for later, don't you know, and then found myself reading the whole thing.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.