01570cam a2200289 4500 759120410 TxAuBib 20160411120000.0 160303t20162015||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2015041976 9781410487452 lg. print : alk. paper 1410487458 lg. print : alk. paper KyBuM KyBuM TxGR TxAuBib Abulhawa, Susan. The blue between sky and water [Large Type Book] / Susan Abulhawa. Large print ed. Farmington Hills, Mich : Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Learning, 2016. ©2015. 447 p. (large print) ; 23 cm. Thorndike Press large print reviewers' choice "In the small Palestinian village of Beit Daras, Nazmiyeh is fiercely protective of her clairvoyant little sister, Mariam, and of their mother, Um Mamdouh, known for the fearsome djinni that sometimes possesses her. Forced by the newly formed State of Israel to leave their ancestral home, only Nazmiyeh and her brother survive the long road to Gaza. In the refugee camp, Nazmiyeh nurtures what remains of Beit Daras's community. But her brother continues his journey to America, where his granddaughter grows up in a different kind of exile"--Back cover. 20160411. Future life Fiction. Families Fiction. Thorndike Press large print reviewers' choice. RV8