While lemon trees grow

Author's name: Zulfa Yasser Darwish

This stunning novel follows the story of Salama, a young Syrian woman from Homs, whose world suddenly collapsed and her family was wiped out by a brutal regime bombardment. Yet she perseveres to help those forced to remain in her besieged city.
Salama is forced to play the role of the only doctor left in the city, but dealing with the injured, the dead, and the great dangers leaves her torn between
Leaving Syria or staying in that hell.
Fate changes when Salama meets the love that was once destined for her. Feelings develop under the bombardment without hope, but is hope really gone?
"As Lemon Trees Grow" is a work about trauma, despair, and loss, and about the love that can save us from ourselves and carry us to a lifeline. The novel will leave a lasting mark on all who read it, because from the first lines
You won't be able to leave it.