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LOCATION:Avid Reader Bookshop\, 193 Boundary St\, West End\, QLD\, 4101
SUMMARY:Antoun Issa - Rebirth
DESCRIPTION:FRIDAY 18 SEPTEMBER | INSTORE EVENT | 6pm for a 6.30pm start | 60 mins\n\nIn collaboration and with thanks to Justice for Palestine\, join us for the Brisbane launch of Rebirth by Antoun Issa.\n\nNote: $10 of each ticket will go to an organisation selected by Antoun Issa & Justice for Palestine. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK\n\nAntoun Issa powerfully captures his mother's true experiences of love\, heartbreak and new hope during the violence of civil war.\n\nBeirut\, 1974. Laila Khalil has just come of age for marriage. The eldest of five in a poor Catholic family\, Laila knows that she must fulfil her family's expectations. But her heart is drawn to the handsome Nicolas\, a coiffeur at a local hair salon. Dodging the watchful eyes in their patriarchal society\, particularly those of Laila's domineering father\, the two young lovers begin a tender romance. Soon\, they make plans for marriage.\n\nBut Laila's dreams are dashed when the Lebanese Civil War breaks out.\n\nShells whir overhead as Laila's family are caught in heavy clashes between the Phalangists and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation. When tragedy strikes\, Laila watches all her hopes wither to ash. But just as life seems its darkest\, a lifeline presents itself: the prospect of migration to a faraway land called Australia.\n\nRebirth brings to light a young woman's extraordinary journey through war\, tragedy\, migration and renewal.
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