Djamila's Dress

Who wouldn’t answer a cry for help? But could you help someone whose people had killed your father? For Eva, born to an Australian-Jewish family with a heritage of pain and loss, right and wrong are turned inside out. A message arrives, hidden in the folds of a gift her uncle brings to Sydney from the Holy Land. It comes from East Jerusalem – home to the Arabs Eva’s family blames for her father’s murder. As Eva forges a relationship across the Israeli-Palestinian gulf, she finds herself struggling with consequences at home, where her family is on the brink of collapse. Eva looks to her oldest friends for support, but they turn against her. School, home, peers – all become a nightmare she can’t escape as rumours about her terrorism spread. But worse is on the way. When the police turn up it seems the wider community is siding against Eva in her quest to help a stranger in a far-off land. The world may be against her, but Eva won’t give in. Can she weather the rising storm, and rescue her new friend before fear and prejudice tear them apart forever?