House of stone: a memoir of home, family, and a lost Middle East
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Fuquay-Varina Community - Adult Non-Fiction
306.095 SHADI
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Published:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
xviii, 311 pages ; 24 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
0547134665, 9780547134666 (hbk.)
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Description
A journalist traces the story of his family's effort to rebuild an ancestral home in Lebanon amid political strife and how the work enabled a greater understanding of the emotions behind Middle East turbulence.
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In a saga of redemption and renewal, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner tells the story of rebuilding his family's ancestral home in Lebanon amid political strife, and his eventual understanding of the emotions behind the turbulence in the Middle East.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Shadid, A. (2012). House of stone: a memoir of home, family, and a lost Middle East. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Shadid, Anthony. 2012. House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Shadid, Anthony, House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
MLA Citation (style guide)Shadid, Anthony. House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
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