As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

Category:Fiction / Historical / Romance

Rating:4.4/5

Pages:464

About the Book:

Written by bestselling author Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow is a powerful and emotional story of love, loss, survival, and hope set during the Syrian Revolution. The novel follows Salama Kassab, a pharmacy student whose life changes completely as war reaches her home.

Now working at a hospital in Homs, Salama spends her days helping the wounded while struggling with the trauma surrounding her. She desperately wants to leave Syria and protect her pregnant sister-in-law, Layla, but she remains deeply connected to her country and the people she loves.

Salama is also haunted by Khawf, a mysterious imagined companion who represents her fear and constantly urges her to escape. When she meets Kenan, a young man who is determined to remain in Syria, Salama begins to question her decision to leave and what it truly means to fight for the future of her homeland.

Filled with emotional storytelling, historical events, love, courage, and hope, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow offers a moving portrayal of a young woman trying to survive while holding on to the people and place she calls home.

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