Betool Khedairi: Absent: A Novel

Absent: A Novel


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Dalal is a young woman living in a crowded Baghdad apartment with the childless aunt and uncle who raised her. In the same building, Umm Mazin, a fortune-teller, offers her customers cures for their physical and romantic ailments, Saad the hairdresser attends to a dwindling number of female customers, and Ilham, a nurse, escapes the stark realities of her hospital job in dreams of her long-lost French mother. Despite the damaging effects of bombings and international sanctions on their world, all the residents try to maintain normal lives. Hoping to bring in much-needed cash by selling honey, Dalal s uncle becomes a beekeeper, enlisting Dalal s help in the care of these temperamental creatures. Meanwhile, Dalal falls in love for the first time against a background of surprise arrests, personal betrayals, and a crumbling social fabric that turns neighbors into informants. Tightly crafted and full of vivid, unforgettable characters, "Absent "is a haunting portrait of life under restrictions, the fragile emotional ties among family and friends, and the resilience of the human spirit."

Grab your yarn and knitting needles and delve into this wonderful book from best-selling author, Sarah Keen. Sarah shows readers how to make adorable topsy-turvy knitted dolls based on well-known and loved characters from fairy tales and nursery rhymes. Each project has accessories or extra characters to knit, providing plenty of play potential for children choosing to recreate scenes from famous tales. There are 10 projects to make, providing hours of fun for you creating them and many more for children playing with them. - Includes glossary and index Jim lives in a fishing village - but no-one goes fishing any more as all the fish have gone. One day, Jim spots a dolphin beached on the sand. He runs to get help, and everyone works together to return the Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident download ebook pdf dolphin to the water. Afterwards, the dolphin stays in the harbour, playing with the swimmers - and he even carries Jim on his back! Then the dolphin disappears, and everyone is so sorrowful they take out a boat to find him. Suddenly the sea is boiling with dolphins leaping out of the sea! They have come to stay - and the village comes to life with tourists, mended boats, and dolphins!


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Author: Betool Khedairi
Number of Pages: 240 pages
Published Date: 10 Jul 2007
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780812977424
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