Children of the Roojme: A Family's Journey from LebanonIn this lyrical memoir of her Lebanese-American family, Elmaz Abinader offers a vivid account of uprooted and resettled lives. Spanning four generations and two continents, Children of the Roojme is the story of a family from the mountains of Lebanon and their emigration to western Pennsylvania. More than that, it bears intimate witness to the hardships of World War I, the disintegrating Ottoman empire, abandonment of centuries-old villages, and the New World conflict between cultural tradition and assimilation. |
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Contents
PROLOGUE | 1 |
Jean | 9 |
Jean | 31 |
Rachid | 43 |
Rachid | 68 |
Rachid | 78 |
Rachid | 110 |
Jean | 119 |
Mayme | 143 |
Mayme | 171 |
Mayme | 189 |
Camille | 205 |
Camille | 232 |
Zina | 251 |
Camille | 281 |
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Abdelli arms asked baby Batroun beside Bike body Boutros boys breath brother called Camille Camille's carried church closed clothes covered cross dark daughter door dress dropped Elias Elmaz everything eyes face father feel fields floor friends front girls ground hair hand head heard held hill holding husband inside Jean knew leaned leave Lebanon legs letter light listened live looked Mayme morning mother move needed night passed picked placed pulled Rachid reached remember returned rises road rocks says Shebl sheik shoulders side sister sits sleep stands stay steps stones stood stopped story talked tell thought told took trees tried turned uncle village voice waited walked wall wanted watched week window women Zina
Bibliographic information
| Title | Children of the Roojme: A Family's Journey from Lebanon |
| Author | Elmaz Abinader |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0299157342, 9780299157340 |
| Length | 303 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / General History / United States / General |
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