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As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
'I am owed a life that does not end in tragedy.'
A year ago, before the revolution, Salama watched her brother marry her best friend, Layla, and wondered when her own love story might begin.
Now she works at the hospital--helping those she can, closing the eyes of those she can't. Layla and her unborn baby are all Salama has left.
Unless you count Khawf. But he's a hallucination; a symptom of the horrors she's seen. Every day he urges Salama to leave Syria. Every day she refuses.
Until she crosses paths with Kenan, the boy with the vivid green eyes, who want to stay and risk his life for everything their country could be....
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