Shortlisted for the Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize 2016 A finalist for the Authors’ Club
Best First Novel Award 2015 It’s April 1948 and war hangs over Jaffa. One minute
seven-year-old Salim is dreaming of taking his first harvest from the family’s orange tree the
next he is swept away into a life of exile and rage. Seeking a new beginning in swinging-’60s
London Salim falls in love with Jude. The only problem? Jude is Jewish. A captivating story
about love and loss Ishmael’s Oranges follows the story of two families spanning the crossroad
events of modern times and of the legacy of hatred their children inherit.
