It's easier to reach heaven than the end of the street : a Jerusalem memoir
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Published
Northampton, Mass. : Olive Branch Press, 2010.
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
xxxv, 412 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Independent Township Library - 900s | 956.053 Williams, Emma | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-
Americans -- Jerusalem -- Biography.
Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993-
Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993- -- Social aspects.
Jerusalem -- Biography.
Jerusalem -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
R�am All�ah -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Tel Aviv (Israel) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Williams, Emma.
Women physicians -- Jerusalem -- Biography.
Americans -- Jerusalem -- Biography.
Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993-
Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993- -- Social aspects.
Jerusalem -- Biography.
Jerusalem -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
R�am All�ah -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Tel Aviv (Israel) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Williams, Emma.
Women physicians -- Jerusalem -- Biography.
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Published
Northampton, Mass. : Olive Branch Press, 2010.
Format
Book
Edition
1st American ed.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
First published in Great Britain in 2006 by Bloomsbury Publishing, London.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
In August, 2000, Emma Williams arrived with her three small children in Jerusalem to join her husband and to work as a doctor. A month later, the Palestinian intifada erupted. For the next three years, she was to witness an astonishing series of events in which hundreds of thousands of lives, including her own, were turned upside down. Williams lived on the very border of East and West Jerusalem, working with Palestinians in Ramallah during the day and spending evenings with Israelis in Tel Aviv. Weaving personal stories and conversations with friends and colleagues into the long and fraught political background, Williams' powerful memoir brings to life the realities of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. She vividly recalls giving birth to her fourth child during the siege of Bethlehem, and her horror when a suicide bomber blew his own head into the schoolyard where her children played each day. Understanding in her judgement, yet unsparing in her honesty, Williams exposes the humanity, as well as the hypocrisy at the heart of both sides' experiences. Anyone wanting to understand this intractable and complex dispute will find this unique account a refreshing and an illuminating read.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Williams, E. (2010). It's easier to reach heaven than the end of the street: a Jerusalem memoir (1st American ed.). Olive Branch Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Williams, Emma. 2010. It's Easier to Reach Heaven Than the End of the Street: A Jerusalem Memoir. Olive Branch Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Williams, Emma. It's Easier to Reach Heaven Than the End of the Street: A Jerusalem Memoir Olive Branch Press, 2010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Williams, Emma. It's Easier to Reach Heaven Than the End of the Street: A Jerusalem Memoir 1st American ed., Olive Branch Press, 2010.
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