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Kisses from a Distance
Raff Ellis
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Description for Kisses from a Distance
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FB; BG; DN; JFFN; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
This book chronicles a Lebanese immigrant experience -- based on a cache of more than 200 letters discovered after the death of the author's mother. The tale begins with the kidnapping of the author's grandmother from a remote convent in 1895. It chronicles her subsequent unhappy marriage and her husband's tragic attempt to find success in America. Their particular story plays out against the struggle and suffering of the Lebanese people through years of oppressive Ottoman rule and the ravages of World War I. Employing traditional Lebanese proverbs and folk tales, "Kisses from a Distance" weaves the author's extensive research ... Read more
This book chronicles a Lebanese immigrant experience -- based on a cache of more than 200 letters discovered after the death of the author's mother. The tale begins with the kidnapping of the author's grandmother from a remote convent in 1895. It chronicles her subsequent unhappy marriage and her husband's tragic attempt to find success in America. Their particular story plays out against the struggle and suffering of the Lebanese people through years of oppressive Ottoman rule and the ravages of World War I. Employing traditional Lebanese proverbs and folk tales, "Kisses from a Distance" weaves the author's extensive research ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cune Press,US United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Washington state, United States
ISBN
9781885942463
SKU
V9781885942463
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Ref
99-1
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