Shadows of the Wall: A Novel

Description

In the ancient markets of Jerusalem, fourteen-year-old Miriam and fifteen-year-old Ahmed fall in love across the invisible lines that divide their world. She is Israeli, the daughter of bakers who knead tradition into every loaf. He is Palestinian, crossing checkpoints daily with his uncle’s fruit, carrying dreams of building bridges in a land defined by walls.

Their love story unfolds in stolen moments—secret gardens where jasmine blooms between stones, hidden courtyards where they plan impossible futures, letters smuggled across borders that grow higher each day. But when war erupts in 2023, Ahmed is deported to Gaza, and Miriam must choose between the safety of silence and the dangerous hope of love.

Years later, in a Berlin community center for refugees, Miriam meets a seven-year-old boy named Jamal whose eyes mirror the sea-green gaze that has haunted her dreams. Could this child be the bridge back to the man she thought she’d lost forever?

Shadows of the Wall is a sweeping novel of love and loss, separation and reunion, spanning more than a decade and three countries. It’s the story of two people who refuse to let borders define their hearts, and of the family they build from broken pieces and stubborn faith.

A powerful story exploring themes of cross-cultural love, war and healing, and the refugee experience.