This is book is a story about perseverance, love, hope and terrible tragedy. Dr Izzeldin Abuelaish is a man who even after his home is destroyed when he was a boy, being constantly detained at checkpoints delaying him fo doing his job at the hospital and then his three daughters and niece are killed horrifically in a bombing of his home later by the IDF , he still holds on to hope, that Israelis and Palestinians can find a way to live side by side. He is asked how can you not hate the Israelis? He responds “which Israelis am I supposed to hate? The doctors and nurses I work with? The ones who are trying to save Ghaida’s life and Shatha’s eyesight? (Niece & daughter) the babies I have delivered? Families like the Madmoonys, who gave me work and shelter when I was a kid?” 
I have read the history books that outline what has happened in Palestine, but it is these memoirs that really identify and humanize everything that has happened.