there is little to none to be happy about in this book, it is sad and heart wrenching at best. at firts this annoyed me because i had hoped for little victories, symbols of hope.  It was until i realised that my priviledge is making me ignorant given there are people who live this type of reality and for genrations their country has been under such harsh realities. this book was my undoing, each time a glimmer of hope was shattered my heart bled. this is the book you read when you want your soul destroyed. it may be a work of fiction but the back drop of this book is based on the real lives of wiped genrations of p*lestiian people, it shows just how much nothing has changed. it is as informative as it is heartbreaking. this is history and this is real life.