- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781407036267
- Imprint: Transworld Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 560
The Lemon Tree
- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781407036267
- Imprint: Transworld Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 560
A fascinating and highly absorbing account full of warmth, compassion and hope
Scotland on Sunday
A hard book to read with dry eyes and without a lump in one's throat. And hard to read, also, without feeling - dare one even say the word? - something approaching hope
Adam Hochschild, author of Bury the Chains and King Leopold's Ghost
A much-needed antidote to the cynicism of realpolitik
Booklist
A superb, sustained piece of narrative non-fiction
The Sunday Times
Affecting. Sensitively told. Humane and literate - and rather daring in suggesting that the future of the Middle East need not be violent
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
An understated clash of cultures tale, delicately told
Radio Times
As they follow Dalia and Bashir's difficult friendship, readers will experience one of the world's most stubborn conflicts firsthand
Publishers Weekly
At a time when peace seems remote and darkness deepens, this lucid, humane, hopeful book shines like a ray of light
The Times
Beautifully written
Tam Dalyell, MP
Extraordinary... Tolan's narrative provides a much needed human dimension to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict... a highly readable and evocative history
Washington Post
Impeccably researched... this narrative illustrates the possibility of compassionate imagination
TLS
Masterly and brilliantly researched... If it were fiction, critics would no doubt hail the epic, almost Tolstoyan quality of this book
Morning Star
Reads like a novel... an informed take for anyone interested in the human stories behind a conflict
New Statesman
The inspiring lives of two unique people, and Tolan's compassion in narrating them, illuminate the tragedy of Palestine in the most moving and revealing way
Karma Nabulsi, Prize Research Fellow, Oxford University