| What Will Survive Contributor(s): Smith, Joan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1905147902 ISBN-13: 9781905147908 Publisher: Arcadia Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Political - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.70 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The plight of Lebanon, just emerging in 1997 from a decade of civil war, is a fascinating historical backdrop to this novel that begins with the death of an Englishwoman, Aisha, in a landmine accident near the town of Nebatiyeh. The dead woman is identified as a minor celebrity, a fashion model with an Egyptian mother, and back in England reporters rush to the family's Somerset home to follow up rumors that link the death to Princess Diana's high-profile campaign for a ban on landmines. When a young feature writer is sent to Beirut to further pursue the story, she finds herself trapped behind the lines of a bloody conflict between Israeli troops and the Syrian-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah. Realizing that thousands of ordinary Lebanese are still trapped between these two enemies, she suddenly sees a much larger story, one in which Aisha is simply the victim of a disturbing new wave of violence that is barely mentioned in the British press. Writing her story, the reporter vows to see that justice is won for Aisha--and for Lebanon. |