Susan Abulhawa Books in Order

Across generations of a displaced Palestinian family, Amal grows up in the Jenin refugee camp and follows a life shaped by loss, separation, and love. Her siblings’ divergent experiences connect intimate family bonds with the conflicts surrounding their homeland.

Abulhawa's first poetry collection gathers work shaped by personal experience and reflections on love, bereavement, family, and identity. Intimate observations trace the tension between romantic feeling and disillusionment across poems written over five years.

Forced from their Palestinian village, members of the Baraka family begin separate lives in Gaza and America. Across four generations, Nazmiyeh and her relatives endure displacement and separation, while a granddaughter’s search for connection draws their histories together.

From solitary confinement, Nahr recalls a life beginning in Kuwait as the daughter of Palestinian refugees. Poverty, a failed marriage, and renewed displacement lead her through Jordan to Palestine, where love and resistance reshape her search for a home.