A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN
LITERARY AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX FEMINA AND THE PRIX MEDICIS SHORTLISTED FOR THE
GOLDSBORO BOOKS GLASS BELL AWARD WINNER OF THE PRIX DU MEILLEUR LIVRES ETRANGER WINNER OF THE
2020 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF 2020 BY THE SUNDAY TIMES OBSERVER
GUARDIAN i PAPER FINANCIAL TIMES NEW STATESMAN SCOTSMAN IRISH TIMES BBC.COM
WATERSTONES.COM 'A wondrous book. It left me hopeful this is its gift' Elizabeth Strout
'An empathy engine ... It is itself an agent of change' New York Times Book Review 'A quite
extraordinary novel' Kamila Shamsie How do we continue living once we have lost our reason to
live? Rami and Bassam live in the city of Jerusalem - but exist worlds apart divided by an
age-old conflict. And yet they have one thing in common. Both are fathers both are fathers of
daughters - and both daughters are now lost. When Rami and Bassam meet and tell one another
the story of their grief the most unexpected thing of all happens: they become best of
friends. And their stories become one story a story with the power to heal - and the power to
change the world. 'The book goes anywhere and everywhere. It is a delirious and thrilling
improvisation a jazz solo spun out of that meeting . A spectacular structure of stories about
everything' Bryan Appleyard Sunday Times
