fiction
Salama, 18 years old and just a first-year pharmacy student, is serving as a doctor in her revolution-ravaged town in Syria. Her life has been put on hold as she struggles every day to help as many injured and sick people as she can. But it’s a lot to ask of a young woman whose mother was recently killed in a bombed building and whose father and brother have been taken hostage by the government. With minimal food, supplies, and shelter, she struggles with the decision of staying to help her country or attempting to flee for Europe with her very pregnant sister-in-law in the hope of finding safety.
Salama stepped up to make a contribution to her country. She was fortunate to have some good people in her corner. However, with all the stress and anxiety, she was going a little crazy. Her guilt and grief manifested as hallucinations. Her story through Zoulfa Katouh’s writing in As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow taught me about Syria and the atrocities its citizens have faced. The love story and the way Salama was able to look at things allowed hope to blossom despite the traumatic situations everyone faced.
The audiobook narrator was Rasha Zamamiri. She did a great job voice acting and relaying all the highs and lows of this story. She had a small vocal repertoire but it was sufficient. I’ll give her an A-.
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