# Fractured Destinies

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- Authors: [Rabai Al-Madhoun](https://www.bookquiver.com/rabai-al-madhoun)
- Publisher: The American University in Cairo
- ISBN: 978-97-7416-862-8
- Pages: 264
- Published: 2018-03-30
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Palestinian-Armenian Ivana eloped with a British doctor in the 1940s, in the midst of the Nakba, and emigrated to England. Over half a century later, her daughter Julie has been tasked with her dying wish: to take her ashes back to their old home in Acre. With her husband Walid, they leave London and embark on a journey back to their country of birth. Written in four parts, each as a concerto movement, Rabai al-Madhoun''s pioneering new novel explores Palestinian exile, with all its complex loyalties and identities. Broad in scope and sweeping in its history, it lays bare the tragedy of everyday Palestinian life.