As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

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As-Long-as-the-Lemon-Trees-Grow-by-Zoulfa-Katouh:Salama-Kassab-was-a-pharmacy-student-when-the-cries-for-freedom-broke-out-in-Syria.She-still-had-her-parents-and-her-big-brother;-she-still-had-her-home.-She-had-a-normal-teenager’s-life.Now-Salama-volunteers-at-a-hospital-in-Homs,-helping-the-wounded-who-flood-through-the-doors-daily.Secretly,-though,-she-is-desperate-to-find-a-way-out-of-her-beloved-country-before-her-sister-in-law,-Layla,-gives-birth.So-desperate,-that-she-has-manifested-a-physical-embodiment-of-her-fear-in-the-form-of-her-imagined-companion,-Khawf,-who-haunts-her-every-move-in-an-effort-to-keep-her-safe.But-even-with-Khawf-pressing-her-to-leave,-Salama-is-torn-between-her-loyalty-to-her-country-and-her-conviction-to-survive.Salama-must-contend-with-bullets-and-bombs,-military-assaults,-and-her-shifting-sense-of-morality-before-she-might-finally-breathe-free.And-when-she-crosses-paths-with-the-boy-she-was-supposed-to-meet-one-fateful-day,-she-starts-to-doubt-her-resolve-in-leaving-home-at-all.Soon,-Salama-must-learn-to-see-the-events-around-her-for-what-they-truly-are—not-a-war,but-a-revolution—and-decide-how-she,-too,-will-cry-for-Syria’s-freedom.