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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.

Ishmael's Oranges

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Shortlisted for the Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize 2016 A finalist for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award 2015 It’s April... Read more

    Publisher: Oneworld Publications
    Publication Date: 05/02/2015
    ISBN13: 9781780746098, 978-1780746098
    ISBN10: 1780746091

    Number of Pages: 336

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

    Description

    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.

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