Young Adam Awad, his wife and daughter live in the remote village of his family, in the Lebanese countryside where his uncle maintains there are no vendettas and bloody feuds like in the north. He wants to restore his father's olive press house and live an idyllic life farming in peace, but it is 1976 and the civil war is closing in.
Language
English
Pages
287
Format
Paperback
Release
January 15, 2007
ISBN 13
9780954966645
Myrtle Tree, the PB: A Novel of Love and Dreams in War-Torn Lebanon
Young Adam Awad, his wife and daughter live in the remote village of his family, in the Lebanese countryside where his uncle maintains there are no vendettas and bloody feuds like in the north. He wants to restore his father's olive press house and live an idyllic life farming in peace, but it is 1976 and the civil war is closing in.