As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

As Long as the Lemon Trees GrowA love letter to Syria and its people, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow is a speculative novel set amid the Syrian Revolution, burning with the fires of hope, love, and possibility. Perfect for fans of The Book Thief and Salt to the Sea. Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had her parents and her big brother; she still had her home. She had a normal teenagers life. Now Salama volunteers at a

The author of the “swoon-worthy debut” (Harper’s Bazaar) The Charm Offensive returns with a festive romantic comedy about a woman who fakes an engagement with her landlord…only to fall for his sister

She dies before she can draw her first breath

he draws on mountains of evidence

but no amount of number crunching can convince her to step back into the dating world

secret passage-filled Hawthorne House

no misery: humanity has conquered all those things

as well as the systems that perpetuate them—from one of our fiercest

Her arrival coincides with an explosion of activity—artists colonize a deserted and industrial SoHo

he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small

and desperately wants a home

and Afong Moy

And that the most important part of a Big Friendship is making the decision to invest in one another again and again