A review by rerosenthal85
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan

4.0

A remarkably well-balanced and fair representation of the history and perspectives of the storied adversarial relationship between the Israeli and Palestinian people groups. Though the story centers around the way the paths of Dalia Eshkanazi and Bashir Khairi happen to cross, a thorough history is given, providing frame of reference as well as an easy-to-read background of the stories of these individuals and their families. The incredible amount of research that Tolan clearly took on to make this non-fiction work read like a novel, and to offer fair and complete representation of those whose stories he tells, is honestly breathtaking. No matter what your views or opinions are regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and continuing story, this book is more than worth your time to read.