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03/04/2020 11:01 PM

Apeirogon by Colum McCann


Told in short essays, small paragraphs, and sometimes just one sentence per chapter, this poetic portrayal of the clash between Israel and Palestine will break your heart into pieces, and then, with a thin thread of hope, begin to stitch it back together. Two fathers from opposite sides are brought together by tragedy and bring their stories to the world in the hopes that the conflict can be ended, so that others will not endure the same suffering. I was so moved—this will not be a book I forget any time soon.

Terri, R.J. Julia Booksellers, Madison