A review by reads2cope
The Moon That Turns You Back by Hala Alyan

5.0

I read the ebook earlier in the year and still hope to get a physical copy, but it is amazing how the format (especially of poetry) can elicit a different response in me. This read, I stopped and wrote and highlighted completely different poems than I did on the first read. Of course, the world continues to change as well.

Nadia,   I'll 
name her 
Nadia.   I'll
tell   her
Syria
has    waited 
long 
enough.
I'll draw the 
ace of

cups   from
 the   card
 deck
and cry. On 
 the other 
side of the 
 world, 
 God's 
house 
begins to 
burn


and I dress myself by that light.