Description
Israeli storyteller Noa Baum grew up in Jerusalem within the shadow of the ancestral traumas of the holocaust and ongoing wars. Stories of the past and fear of annihilation within the wars of the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s shaped her perceptions and identity. In The us, she met a Palestinian woman who had grown up under Israeli Occupation, and as they shared memories of war years in Jerusalem, an not likely friendship blossomed.
A Land Twice Promised delves into the guts of one of the vital world s so much enduring and complicated conflicts. Baum s deeply personal memoir recounts her journey from girlhood in postÂ-Holocaust Israel to her adult encounter with the opposite. With honesty, compassion, and humor, she captures the drama of a nation at war and her discovery of humanity within the enemy.
Winner of the 2017 Anne Izard Storytellers’ Choice Award, among others, this compelling memoir demonstrates the transformative power of art and challenges each and every reader to take step one toward peace.