Description

An epic, emotional, breathtaking story of love and loss set amid the Syrian revolution. Burning with the fires of hope and possibility, AS LONG AS THE LEMON TREES GROW will sweep you up and never let you go.

This brand new paperback edition contains exclusive bonus short story Joy. Set in the world of Lemon Trees, it features never-before-seen moments between Salama and Kenan.
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DISCOVER BOOK OF THE YEAR

‘This is an important book. Everyone should read it’ – Elizabeth Laird, award-winning author of Welcome to Nowhere
‘Wrenching and lyrical’ – Samira Ahmed, New York Times bestselling author of Internment
‘Hauntingly beautiful … a must read’ – Huda Fahmy, author of Huda F Are You

A year ago, before the revolution, Salama watched her brother marry her best friend, Layla, and wondered when her own love story might begin. Now she works at the hospital – helping those she can, closing the eyes of those she can’t. Layla and her unborn baby are all Salama has left.

Unless you count Khawf. But he’s a hallucination; a symptom of the horrors she’s seen. Every day he urges Salama to leave. Every day she refuses.

Until she crosses paths with Kenan, the boy with the vivid green eyes, who wants to stay and risk his life for everything Syria could be …

Publisher Review

This is an important book. Everyone should read it * Elizabeth Laird, award-winning author of Welcome to Nowhere * A searing story of war, loss, family and love, of seeking grace in madness and hope in tragedy ... An absolute must read. * Sabaa Tahir, #1 NYT bestselling author of An Ember in the Ashes * As gorgeous as it is groundbreaking ... This book is devastatingly beautiful. * David Arnold, NYT bestselling author of Mosquitoland and The Electric Kingdom * Beautiful, powerful and ringing with emotion, it will stay with you long after you've finished reading. * Katherine Woodfine, author of the Sinclair's Mysteries and Taylor & Rose Secret Agents *