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Sadness Is a White Bird by Moriel Rothman-Zecher

Sadness Is a White Bird

by Moriel Rothman-Zecher
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  • Feb 13, 2018, 288 pages
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"If you're wrong, Saddam," said Gadi, "I'm having you transferred into one of those shacks."

Eviad laughed. I did too. Tal raised his hands.

"Hey, I'm just repeating what I heard. As they say, 'Don't force the messenger to go live in a Bedouin shack.'?"

I laughed again. "I hope you're right, man."

"Inshallah," Tal said. "God willing."

And of course, Tal was right.

Excerpted from Sadness Is a White Bird by Moriel Rothman-Zecher. Copyright © 2018 by Moriel Rothman-Zecher. Excerpted by permission of Atria Books. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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