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I worry about animals who/
show up dead misguided/
after years of knowing their own/
place and people, of traveling
with knowledge along the prescribed
and certain routes of hieroglyphs
of paw prints, oases dried
(en)danger ahead.
A true storyteller, Elmaz Abinader unites the memoirist’s attention to detail with the songwriter’s
penchant for precision of sound, bringing the reader into intimate relationship with her subjects, be
they a family preparing for occupation, a sorrowful woman and “war-addicted” child, or herself
as the daughter of Lebanese immigrant.. Aimee Suzara, Arte East
Children Of The Roojme: A Family's Journey From Lebanon (Paperback)
Ms. Abinader has written a slice of history that teaches all of us how a family's desperate
fights for survival wins out over the horrific clashes of cultures. The complexities of race,
religion, and geography are rooted in each family's struggle. No better family than this could
teach us this lesson.
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