Ever Land

'Remarkable' ELIF SHAFAK 'A haunting, lyrical novel’ LOUISE KENNEDY 'Compassionate and beautifully observed' GUY GUNARATNE ‘Powerful . . . Read this' PRISCILLA MORRIS 'Ambitious and complex’ ROSE TREMAIN 'Astonishingly compelling’ OWEN JONES ___________________ It is the year 2000 when Dinah, a Jewish teenager from London, arrives in Israel with her family. Dinah isn’t quite sure what to make of this seemingly pristine place: her new life seems soulless and suffocating. Another teenager, Safa, watches Dinah settle in. A fourteen-year-old Palestinian who was shot and killed decades ago in the Six Day War, Safa is caught in a limbo. She is unable to fully pass on without knowing what happened to her younger sister, Nur, who is still alive somewhere. After thirty-three years, the possibility of finding her sister is suddenly within reach – but Safa needs Dinah's help. Alternating between past and present, and between Safa and Dinah, Ever Land is a gripping and powerful story that sheds light on the ongoing occupation of Palestine. It is a tale of belonging and identity, of devastation and displacement and – ultimately – of the enduring universality of humanity and love. ___________________ 'A novel of huge power' ESTHER FREUD 'Vivid and evocative' JULIET STEVENSON 'A brave book ... It rings with truth' ELIZABETH LAIRD 'Piercing, personal, necessary' COLUM MCCANN