In this lyrical memoir of her Lebanese-American family; Elmaz Abinader offers a vivid account of uprooted and resettled lives. 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.
#358997 in Books 2016-08-12Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.50 x .60 x 5.50l; .0 #File Name: 0295999780240 pages
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Great Story about a Historic location near SeattleBy D.C.R.I had seen the movie "the egg and I" of course and knew it was based out here in northwest where I have lived all my life but I really didn't know anything about the author Betty McDonald until a few years ago our local paper did a story on her and her books then I saw "The Plague and I" it sounded very funny to me and she is! even while undergoing a harrowing health scare and stay at a tuberculosis sanatorium in the late 1930's so that is great story on it's own but for me what I found so fascinating is that I have been there and inside the buildings in the early 70's it was a religious School at the time and I had a girl friend who went there. I knew the place must have had quite a past and it was fun to read about it.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Betty MacDonald ia a great authorBy lovin' lifeAs a depression baby and growing up in the results thereof; I find this book and the rest of Betty's books to be great reading.Do you ever wonder why people born in that era save almost everything? Tell you to eat everything on your plate? Why therewas so much TB and how they dealt with it? What life was like for so very many people at the start of World War II? In spiteof it all; there was great courage and amazing humor in it if you kept the right attitude. Betty catches that humor and courage very well in her books. I suggest reading the "Egg and I" first; there is a continuity that is contagious !0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I originally read this book when I was fourteen and ...By dutch pieI originally read this book when I was fourteen and have always remembered how much I was enthralled by it. Several years ago I started a quest to get a copy and re-read it; but I couldn't find any except crazily expensive used copies. Then just recently I found suddenly had unused paperback copies for a reasonable price (I assume a reprint). Now I'm blissfully reading this entertaining (MacDonald's wit was superb) and informative book and enjoying it even more than I did as a teenager!
