As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
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Author: Zoulfa Katouh
Genres: Fiction Historical Fiction Young Adult Fantasy Magical Realism
Salama volunteers at a hospital in Homs, helping the wounded who flood through the doors daily. Secretly, though, she is desperate to find a way out of her beloved country before her sister-in-law, Layla, gives birth. So desperate, that she has manifested a physical embodiment of her fear in the form of her imagined companion, Khawf, who haunts her every move in an effort to keep her safe.