Thoughts on books, editing, story craft, and the reader's life — from a copy editor and developmental editor who lives inside stories every single day.
We’re all born with the greatest treasures we’ll ever have in life. One of those treasures is your mind, another is your heart.
Mornings in Jenin follows four generations of the Abulheja family through upheaval and violence in their homeland. The family has deep roots in Ein Hod, a tranquil village of olive farmers. When Israel declares statehood in 1948, the peace of Ein Hod is shattered forever: The entire community is forced to move to a refugee camp in Jenin.
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Evvie Drake Starts Over begins with her leaving her husband (not a spoiler, it’s in the summary). We don’t know why, in fact we don’t know much about that marriage for a little while. She’s an extremely likable character who describes feeling stuck in a relationship like being in a boat on a large bo of water and rowing and rowing and not getting anywhere but being too far to turn around so you keep trekking along hoping to find the other side. Instead of finding the other side though, she gets a phone call saying her husband was in a car accident (also not a spoiler) and has died – on the same day she was leaving him!
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