A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX FEMINA AND THE PRIX MEDICISSHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSBORO BOOKS GLASS BELL AWARDWINNER OF THE PRIX DU MEILLEUR LIVRES ETRANGERWINNER OF THE 2020 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF 2020 BY THE SUNDAY TIMES OBSERVER GUARDIAN i PAPER FINANCIAL TIMES NEW STATESMAN SCOTSMAN IRISH TIMES BBC.COM WATERSTONES.COMA wondrous book. It left me hopeful this is its gift Elizabeth StroutAn empathy engine ... It is itself an agent of change New York Times Book ReviewA quite extraordinary novel Kamila ShamsieHow do we continue living once we have lost our reason to liveRami and Bassam live in the city of Jerusalem but exist worlds apart divided by an ageold conflict. And yet they have one thing in common. Both are fathers both are fathers of daughters and both daughters are now lost.When Rami and Bassam meet and tell one another the story of their grief the most unexpected thing of all happens they become best of friends. And their stories become one story a story with the power to heal and the power to change the world.The book goes anywhere and everywhere. It is a delirious and thrilling improvisation a jazz solo spun out of that meeting ... A spectacular structure of stories about everything Bryan Appleyard Sunday Times