| A Loaf of Bread Contributor(s): Bitar (Author) |
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ISBN: 1947021753 ISBN-13: 9781947021754 Publisher: Unsolicited Press OUR PRICE: $15.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Middle Eastern - Poetry | Women Authors |
| Physical Information: 0.09" H x 5.5" W x 8.25" (0.13 lbs) 38 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A LOAF OF BREAD is a requiem for the loss of the author's homeland. During the years of the civil war in Syria, the author lost her father-in-law; he was buried in a hurry in some unrecognizable ground in Aleppo. Her aunt died alone in a sieged nursing home; her belongings were stolen. Her father was flown ill around the USA on a stretcher; he never got to go back home to his village in Syria; his bones rattle in some cemetery in South Carolina. During the war, her house in Damascus was bombed. She followed the struggle of her friends and a thousand others as they boarded rubber boats and floated to the unknown; some drowned in the sea and some in their despair.
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Contributor Bio(s): Bitar, Rana: - Rana Bitar earned her master's degree in English and Creative Writing from Southern New Hampshire University in January 2017. Her poetry appeared in The Deadly Writers Patrol journal, DoveTales journal, Earthen Lamp Journal, Magnolia Review, Pittsburgh Poetry Review, and El Portal journal. Professionally, she is a physician. She lives and works in upstate NY. She is currently working on a collection of creative nonfiction stories about her journey as an oncologist. She writes both in Arabic and English. |