White Flags, Jo Marr
White Flags, Jo Marr
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White Flags
United We Stand, Divided We Fail.

Author: Jo Marr

Narrator: Jo Marr

Unabridged: 5 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/04/2024

Categories: Fiction, Drama, Family Life


Synopsis

A distraught Palestinian doctor processing his son's suicide finds common ground with the Israeli investigator who lost his best friend in the attack.When an explosion devastates a peaceful neighborhood, Dr. Rami Amar receives news his son was the perpetrator. Shocked by their son's apparent radicalization, Dr. Amar and his wife, Lyda struggle to make sense of their loss, which is further intensified by the investigator, Major Shani of the Israeli Defense Forces. For Shani, this is personal. His childhood friend was killed in the attack. Following protocol, Shani confiscates Dr. Amar's travel documents and destroys his home, and the undercurrent of distrust between the two men is unmistakable. With only questions and no answers, Dr. Amar decides to fix up a dilapidated local school to get the stone-throwing youths off the streets and into the classroom. But when it's impossible to acquire proper supplies, he turns to an unlikely source of help: Major Shani. To keep the students in school, learning lessons of peace, not hate, Dr. Amar promises after-school soccer matches. However, to keep his word, Dr. Amar needs even more help from Shani to break through a seemingly unmovable obstacle. Will Dr. Amar ever find out what really happened to his son? Will the men be able to unite for a common cause, or does the pain of past events run too deep?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Janet on April 05, 2024

Since I can't say 3.5 stars, I'll round to a 4. Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2024 I received this book from a Goodreads giveaway so thank you to both the author and Goodreads. I enjoyed reading this book. I loved the story lines that were intertwined to create the book. It kept my attentio......more

Goodreads review by Bahy on April 02, 2024

I was pleasantly surprised reading this book. I enjoyed the relationship between the Dr and the General. It was a great introduction to the conflict in Isreal and Palestine and a positive look at how to make a difference one person at a time. I would love to read more and maybe go into a more in-dep......more