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Title: The Senior newspaper - Win a copy of ‘The Wild Date Palm” book Post by: culturebird on Monday 01 April 2024, 08:44:16 am The Wild Date Palm From a bestselling Australian author comes a gripping novel of espionage, passion and sacrifice set in the Middle East during World War I.
The Wild Date Palm (HarperCollins Australia, $32.99) is based on an astonishing true story as it asks what are you willing to die for? During a train journey across Turkey's Anatolian Plain in 1915 during World War I, Shoshana Adelstein witnesses the slaughter of the Armenians and knows she has just come face to face with her destiny. Convinced that her Jewish community in a small outpost of the Ottoman Empire will soon meet a similar fate, she is desperate to save her people. Author Diane Armstrong is a child holocaust survivor who arrived in Australia from Poland in 1948. An award-winning journalist and bestselling author, she has written seven previous books. We have one book to give away. To enter, write your name, address and phone number on the back of an envelope and post to: The Senior, Wild Date Palm, PO Box 130, Wyong NSW 2259. Entries to be drawn May 1, 2024. |