Crossing

A love story between Italy and Palestine

Sabrin Hasbun

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English

Footnote Press Ltd
08 May 2025

Memoirs; Intergenerational relationships

WINNER OF THE FOOTNOTE X COUNTERPOINTS WRITING PRIZE 2023-24

'Vivid, compassionate, captivating' Elif Shafak

'A special and original voice, one for our times' Philippe Sands

'A moving and tender story about love and identity, and a meditation on the people who make us who we are' Dina Nayeri

A beautiful and compelling family memoir retracing the love story between Sabrin Hasbun's Palestinian father and Italian mother, and the life of her half-Italian, half-Palestinian family from the 1960s to 2020. After the loss of her mother, Sabrin tries to renegotiate her mixed identity and understand her mother's choices which led her from an oppressive childhood in a village in Tuscany to finding love and community activism in Palestine.

This is a story about overcoming grief and what it means to lose not only loved ones, but also a place in the world and a sense of belonging.

By: Sabrin Hasbun
Imprint: Footnote Press Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 224mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 410g
ISBN: 9781804441527
ISBN 10: 180444152X
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 08 May 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sabrin Hasbun was born in Palestine, spent her childhood in Palestine and Italy, and now lives in the UK. She holds a PHD in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University and lectures in Creative Writing at Cardiff Met University.

Reviews for Crossing: A love story between Italy and Palestine

Vivid, compassionate, captivating, Sabrin's writing is both deeply rooted in place and culture, and transcending borders in its universality and humanity. -- Elif Shafak Sabrin's writing is captivating, drawing us warmly into a world that is both different and familiar, that we want to know about. A special and original voice, one for our times. -- Philippe Sands A moving and tender story about love and identity, and a meditation on the people who make us who we are. -- Dina Nayeri 'vividly conveys what it is like to live under constant occupation' * The Observer *