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WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONA TIME NEW YORKER FINANCIAL TIMES ECONOMIST IRISH TIMES AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR'A deeply immersive portrait of daily life in Israel and the West Bank' The Best Books to Understand the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Financial Times'Brims over with just the sort of compassion and understanding that is needed at a time like this ... when facts have become weapons in this seemingly endless conflict this is a book that speaks with deep and authentic truth of ordinary lives trapped in the jaws of history' ObserverA gripping intimate story of one heartbreaking day in Palestine that reveals lives loves enmities and histories in violent collisionMilad is five years old and excited for his school trip to a theme park on the outskirts of Jerusalem but tragedy awaits: his bus is involved in a horrific accident. His father Abed rushes to the chaotic site only to find Milad has already been taken away. Abed sets off on a journey to learn Milad's fate navigating a maze of physical emotional and bureaucratic obstacles he must face as a Palestinian.Interwoven with Abed's odyssey are the stories of Jewish and Palestinian characters whose lives and pasts unexpectedly converge: a kindergarten teacher and a mechanic who rescue children from the burning bus an Israeli army commander and a Palestinian official who confront the aftermath at the scene of the crash a settler paramedic ultra-Orthodox emergency service workers and two mothers who each hope to claim one severely injured boy.A Day in the Life of Abed Salama is a deeply immersive stunningly detailed portrait of life in Israel and Palestine and an illumination of the reality of one of the most contested places on earth.

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