Zeina Abirached relates her memories in graphic format of the war between the Muslims and the Christians that happened in her hometown of Beirut, Lebanon during the 1980s.
Zeina Abirached's memoir of life in war-torn Beirut focuses on details such as her brother's shrapnel collection, which attest to omnipresent tension and danger.
The author recounts her childhood experiences in Beirut during the civil war between Christians and Muslims in the 1980s, as her family tried to carry on a normal life despite violence, a partition of the city, and a lack of food.
