The ALU team met to discuss all things Where the Jasmine Blooms (Fernwood Publishing): together we found author Zeina Sleiman's descriptions extremely evocative, the political intrigue exciting, and, of course, sad parallels to present-day world events. Read on for the highlights of our (mostly) spoiler-free team book club meeting, and get our questions for your own club.| Alllitup.ca
In her debut novel, our August book club pick Where the Jasmine Blooms (Fernwood Publishing), Zeina Sleiman writes of two Palestinian cousins meeting for the first time in Lebanon: one living there, one visiting, and the family truths they uncover in the process. We talk with Zeina about breaking stereotypes about the Middle East, writing grief from experience, and what she'll be writing next.| Alllitup.ca