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A Game for Swallows : To Die, To Leave, To Return by Zeina Abirached, Zeina Abirached, Edward Gauvin is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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When Zeina Was Born, The Civil War In Lebanon Had Been Going On For Six Years, So It's Just A Normal Part Of Life For Her And Her Parents And Her Little Brother. The City Of Beirut Is Cut In Two, Separated By Bricks And Sandbags And Threatened By Snipers And Shelling. East Beirut Is For Christians, And West Beirut Is For Muslims. When Zeina's Parents Don't Return One Afternoon From A Visit To The Other Half Of The City, And The Bombing Grows Ever Closer, The Neighbors In Her Apartment House Create A World Indoors For Zeina And Her Brother Where It's Comfy And Safe, Where They Can Share Cooking Lessons And Games And Gossip. Together They Try To Make It Through A Dramatic Day In The One Place They Hoped They Would Always Be Safehome. Zeina Abirached, Born Into A Lebanese Christian Family In 1981, Has Collected Her Childhood Recollections Of Beirut In A Warm Story About The Strength Of Family And Community.

Who reads A Game for Swallows : To Die, To Leave, To Return?

Author

Zeina Abirached, Zeina Abirached, Edward Gauvin

Publisher

Graphic Universe ™

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780761385684

Category

history

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Graphic Novel, Fiction

Rating

3.73 / 5 (1,873 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14