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Memoir / Arab-American Studies / Literature

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Children of the Roojme A Family's Journey from Lebanon Elmaz Abinader "Movingly brings to life three generations of [a] Lebanese-American family."—Library Journal Spanning four generations and two continents, Children of the Roojme is the story of a family from the mountains of Lebanon and their emigration to western Pennsylvania. More than that, it bears intimate witness to the hardships of World War I, the disintegrating Ottoman empire, abandonment of centuries-old villages, and the New World conflict between cultural tradition and assimilation. "More than a chronicle of immigration, Children of the Roojme also dramatizes the plight of those left behind in Lebanon as they endure famine, war, plagues of locusts, epidemics and family rivalries."—Joseph Geha, New York Times Book Review Elmaz Abinader, a first-generation Arab-American, writes prose and poetry and performs stories of Arab women's lives. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, including Grape Leaves: A Century of Arab American Poetry. She teaches at Mills College and lives in Oakland, California.

December 1997 304 pp. 1 map, 19 illus. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 ISBN 0-299-15734-2  Paper $14.95 t To order click on one of the bulleted items below For explaination of the SHOPPING CART OPERATIONS MasterCard/Visa holders, accumulate titles in the Shopping Cart and submit your order electronically. Never ordered from us before? Read this first.

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