The Roots of the Guava Tree by Sonia Daccarett (Paperback Book)

Name: The Roots of the Guava Tree by Sonia Daccarett (Paperback Book)
Brand: She Writes Press

She Writes Press

A debut contemporary memoir about a young woman struggling to understand her identity as the daughter of a Jewish mother and Christian Palestinian father, coming of age in Colombia as increasing violence and the instability of the 1980s engulf her country. \nSonia Daccarett grew up with a Jewish mother and a Christian Palestinian father in Colombia during the drug-war 1980s. When she asks her parents questions about their family\u2019s ethnicity and religion they answer evasively, defining their family religion and ethnicity as \u201Cnothing.\u201D Grandparents and family members who speak Yiddish, Hebrew, and Arabic and fled from places called the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Russia, Bethlehem, and the Ottoman Empire, does not sound like \u201Cnothing\u201D to Sonia.\n At the same time, Sonia grapples with her American\n\nThe Roots of the Guava Tree\nGrowing Up Jewish and Arab in Colombia\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Roy;