Beautiful Distance Publisher / Cleveland Museum of Art Palestinian women wrote the stories

Palestinian women wrote the stories of their lives and land with a needle and thread

The fleeting beauty of the cherry blossom provides the occasion to contemplate and find wisdom in nature’s cycle of life

Their author

Tropical Fruits

But still they both turn up for the dinner

Beautiful Distance Publisher / Cleveland Museum of Art Palestinian women wrote the storiesA man sits in a cafe, sipping a green juice and watching the world go by. A white butterfly flutters through the air; a calico cat jumps onto a wall; cherry blossom petals fall, softly, to the ground. Life, momentarily, stands still. Our unnamed narrator is preparing to visit his terminally ill wife in hospital. A prize winning bestseller in Japan, Beautiful Distance is a profoundly affecting and intimate story that looks with honesty and tenderness