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Reader reviewed by safia

This is a heart-touching novel that looks into the Israel-Palestine conflicts. It focuses on Maya, an Israeli girl, whose boyfriend, Dov, has died in a suicide bombing that Maya feels that she is responsible for. She is torn apart in grief and guilt and leaves her country, Israel, for the University of Virginia in the US. There she learns to overcome the past and to live and love again.

After reading this novel, I felt that wars should be stopped because so many lives and loves are ruined. It's really sad that the Jews and Arabs in Israel and Palestine seem to be born to hate each other. So much hate and destruction and all it does is ruin lives. I'm glad reading this book gave me these insights.