
Where the Desert Meets the Sea
A Novel
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Coleen Marlo
A moving novel about the fates of two women and those they love in the days surrounding the founding of the State of Israel.
Jerusalem, 1947: Judith, a young Jewish woman who survived Dachau concentration camp, arrives in Palestine after a treacherous journey and seeks refuge with her only remaining relative, her uncle. When Judith learns her uncle has died, she tries to take her own life in despair.
In Hadassah Hospital, Hana, an Arab nurse, saves Judith’s life by donating her own blood. A fragile bond of friendship develops between the two women, but it will face a harsh test over time.
Soon Hana’s fiancé Youssef learns that she, the daughter of a prominent Palestinian family, is in love with a Jewish doctor, and he becomes increasingly radicalized. Youssef joins the followers of a mufti who plans to drive the Jews into the sea. Judith, meanwhile, follows the Jewish Palmach officer Uri into the battle for Jerusalem.
Then the political situation worsens. In November, the United Nations adopts the Partition Plan for Palestine - and the violence erupts.
Author Werner Sonne worked for more than forty years as a television correspondent for ARD in Germany and abroad. He’s a sought-after expert in the fields of foreign and security policy. His intention for this novel was to show the human face of the Jerusalem conflict.
©2019 Werner Sonne. (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...




















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Narrator mispronounces characters’ Hebrew names!
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Interesting, unbiased, sadly true
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Interesting
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The narrator’s voice made it VERY difficult to love this book.
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Fascinating story
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The book is well researched. It held my interest in a way that a documentary history might not. It gave me a deeper understanding of the Arab / Isreali conflict that erupted in 1948 and continue unabated today.
One thread in the story is the bond between an Arab nurse and the Jewish heroine. It showed how friendship and peace are possible when people are willing set aside their religious and cultural differences and be "humans first".
Historical Fiction Relevant to Current Events
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Unbelievable!
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Mispronounciaton of names was annoying
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I learned so much
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Bland, needs editing
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