![]() ![]() He believes in change and longs for free elections and democracy for everyone. ![]() Her brother Issa cares about his country and understands the importance of taking a stand for what is right even in the face of peril. He owns a store where he sells convenience items to tourists. Her father loves his family and is so charged with the duty of their safety and stability as the highest priority. That they sing along to American Pop music and are fans of Madonna, Whitney Houston, and Mariah Carey. I love that Jude and her best friend Fatima are into American movies and that they admire Sandra Bullock and Julia Roberts. Love of country, for a town that used to be “a place for people to laugh and enjoy all the things that unite them like family and sunshine and the sea and good food.” ![]() Other Words for Home is a beautifully penned novel in verse told in six parts about a Syrian girl who leaves her country for the first time to visit her uncle who lives “an ocean away in America,” during a time when revolution and war grows ever nearer to her city. Note: Review of an Advance Reader’s Copy sent on a #BookExcursion | Book Releases May 2019 ![]()
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