WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE
BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'A deeply immersive portrait of daily life in Israel and the West
Bank' The Best Books to Understand the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Financial Times 'Brims
over with just the sort of compassion and understanding that is needed at a time like this ...
a book that speaks with deep and authentic truth of ordinary lives trapped in the jaws of
history' Observer A gripping intimate story of one heartbreaking day in Palestine that
reveals lives loves enmities and histories in violent collision Milad is five years old
and excited for his school trip to a theme park on the outskirts of Jerusalem but tragedy
awaits: his bus is involved in a horrific accident. His father Abed rushes to the chaotic
site only to find Milad has already been taken away. Abed sets off on a journey to learn
Milad's fate navigating a maze of physical emotional and bureaucratic obstacles he must face
as a Palestinian. Interwoven with Abed's odyssey are the stories of Jewish and Palestinian
characters whose lives and pasts unexpectedly converge: a kindergarten teacher and a mechanic
who rescue children from the burning bus an Israeli army commander and a Palestinian official
who confront the aftermath at the scene of the crash a settler paramedic ultra-Orthodox
emergency service workers and two mothers who each hope to claim one severely injured boy. A
Day in the Life of Abed Salama is a deeply immersive stunningly detailed portrait of life in
Israel and Palestine and an illumination of the reality of one of the most contested places on
earth. A TIME NEW STATESMAN AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
