Alice Rothchild

Broschiertes Buch

Broken Promises, Broken Dreams

Stories Of Jewish And Palestinian Trauma And Resilience

Beschreibung

New edition of this unique and honest account of the conflict seen through the eyes of a doctor, with personal accounts that bring the trauma to life.

Autor

Alice Rothchild is a physician, author, and filmmaker who loves storytelling that pushes boundaries and engages us in unexpected conversations. She practiced ob-gyn for almost 40 years and served as Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard Medical School. She writes and lectures widely, is the author of Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience (translated into German and Hebrew); On the Brink: Israel and Palestine on the Eve of the 2014 Gaza Invasion; and Condition Critical: Life and Death in Israel/Palestine and she has contributed to a number of anthologies and poetry journals. Her Young Adult novel, Finding Melody Sullivan, was published in 2023. She directed a documentary film, Voices Across the Divide and is a mentor for We Are Not Numbers, a program that supports young writers in Gaza. She received Boston Magazine's Best of Boston's Women Doctors Award, was named in Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, had her portrait painted for Robert Shetterly's Americans Who Tell the Truth, and was named a Peace Pioneer by the American Jewish Peace Archive.When she is not making good trouble, she loves hiking in the Pacific Northwest, playing with her grandchildren, tending to her boisterous garden, and stretching the boundaries of her cooking.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pluto Press
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 493g
• ISBN-13: 9780745329703
• ISBN-10: 0745329705
• Artikelnr.: 27036058