The Flying Carpet of Small Miracles: A Woman's Fight to Save Two Orphans
by Jaber, Hala
- Used
- Condition
- UsedVeryGood
- ISBN 10
- 1594488673
- ISBN 13
- 9781594488672
- Seller
-
Bensalem, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
The inspiring true story of a prizewinning foreign correspondent longing for a child, two small Iraqi children in need of a mother, and what love and grief can teach us about family and hope. Zahra, age three, and Hawra, only a few months old, were the only survivors of a missile strike in Baghdad in 2003 that killed their parents and five siblings. Across the world, in London, foreign correspondent Hala Jaber was preparing to head to Iraq to cover the emerging war. After ten years spent trying to conceive and struggling with fertility problems, Jaber and her husband had finally resigned themselves to a childless future. Now she intended to bury her grief in her work, with some unusually dangerous reporting. Once in Iraq, though, Jaber found herself drawn again and again to stories of mothers and children, a path that led her to an Iraqi children's hospitaland to Zahra and Hawra and their heart-wrenching story. Almost instantly Jaber became entwined in the lives of these two Iraqi children, and in a struggle to advocate on their behalf that reveals far more about the human cost of war than any news bulletin ever could. Beautifully written and deeply moving, The Flying Carpet of Small Miracles presents a genuinely fresh insight and perspective from a woman who, as an Arab living and working in the West, is able to uniquely straddle both worlds. In its attention to the emotional experiences of women and children whose lives are irrevocably changed by war, Jaber's story offers hope for redemption for those caught in its cross fires.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Ebooksweb COM LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52GZZZ0091P0_ns
- Title
- The Flying Carpet of Small Miracles: A Woman's Fight to Save Two Orphans
- Author
- Jaber, Hala
- Book Condition
- UsedVeryGood
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1594488673
- ISBN 13
- 9781594488672
- Publisher
- Riverhead Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 2009-05
Terms of Sale
Ebooksweb COM LLC
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Ebooksweb COM LLC
About Ebooksweb COM LLC
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...