This book was incredibly relevant and eye-opening. Shamieh really hit home with the emotional, familial, and mental struggles of Palestine's history through the perspectives of a grandmother and her granddaughter in two different eras. We see the first movements of the Zionists in the 1940's to rid their new country of Palestinian people, displacing and killing tens of thousands. Then we view Israel in 2012 - military check points, Israeli soldiers with machine guns wandering the streets. Gaza and the West Bank cut off from trade and resources. And we all know what happens in the 2020's. Moving and infuriating as it is about the resilience of a displaced people.