{"product_id":"this-storied-land-marilyn-oser-9798417836855","title":"This Storied Land","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree women...two traditions...one ancient land--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Middle East, in 1920, a new era beckoned. Gone was the old, corrupted Ottoman rule, succeeded now by a British authority promising peace, prosperity and order-with the pledge of a better life in Palestine for its Arab inhabitants, plus a homeland there for the Jews.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the next twenty-eight years beheld rapidly worsening strife, with ill feeling all around. The bitterest of triangles provoked widening and fearsome bloodshed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of ordinary people trying to do what's right in extraordinary times, pitting their best against the fierce turmoil of their days: \u003cb\u003eRivka\u003c\/b\u003e, a Jewish farmer-\u003cb\u003eAvram\u003c\/b\u003e, her militant husband-\u003cb\u003eLeila\u003c\/b\u003e, her confidante, an Arab laundress-\u003cb\u003eNellie\u003c\/b\u003e, her friend, a nurse-\u003cb\u003eMorris\u003c\/b\u003e, Nellie's husband, a British doctor-and all of their children, born into the seething cauldron that was reshaped in 1948 with the State of Israel's debut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marilyn Oser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8417836853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798417836855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.64d","brand":"Marilyn Oser","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46311141048575,"sku":"9798417836855","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_66b4fbe2-8cc5-46eb-93ab-5e666d667b4d.jpg?v=1730888553","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-storied-land-marilyn-oser-9798417836855","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}