| "Beautifully written and very clever. I absolutely loved it." P D James |
| "A literary espresso. Joan Smith's latest novel, tautly plotted and tightly written, will jump start your brain. Once I picked up this book, it wouldn't put me down again." Kathy Lette |
The plight of Lebanon, just emerging in 1997 from a decade of civil war, is a fascinating historical backdrop to this novel that begins with the death of an Englishwoman, Aisha, in a landmine accident near the town of Nebatiyeh. The dead woman is identified as a minor celebrity, a fashion model with an Egyptian mother, and back in England reporters rush to the family's Somerset home to follow up rumors that link the death to Princess Diana's high-profile campaign for a ban on landmines. When a young feature writer is sent to Beirut to further pursue the story, she finds herself trapped behind the lines of a bloody conflict between Israeli troops and the Syrian-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah. Realizing that thousands of ordinary Lebanese are still trapped between these two enemies, she suddenly sees a much larger story, one in which Aisha is simply the victim of a disturbing new wave of violence that is barely mentioned in the British press. Writing her story, the reporter vows to see that justice is won for Aisha—and for Lebanon.
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Used availability for Joan Smith (2)'s What Will Survive
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Hardback Editions
June 2007 : Hardback
| Title: What Will Survive Author(s):: Joan Smith ISBN: 1905147562 / 9781905147564 (UK edition) Publisher: Arcadia Books Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
Paperback Editions
August 2012 : Paperback
| Title: What Will Survive Author(s):: Joan Smith ISBN: 1448208130 / 9781448208135 Publisher: Bloomsbury Reader Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
June 2008 : Paperback
| Title: What Will Survive Author(s):: Joan Smith ISBN: 1905147902 / 9781905147908 (UK edition) Publisher: ARCADIA BOOKS Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
Kindle Editions
December 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: What Will Survive Author(s):: Joan Smith ISBN: B006GPKELS Publisher: Bloomsbury Reader Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
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