“A girl from Syria in 2013 speaks to me, over and over, urging me to imagine, to ponder, to reflect. The expression “people don’t die, they disappear” (or rather, this reality), and how her world infinitely expanded through books and paintings, slowly and deeply moved me. ”
“The delicate continuity, like scales, feels as pure as thin paper. Even when the gaze of the restrained body is clouded by gray dust, it captures the reviving colors, overflowing with a sensitivity that sees through limits. The reality of the girl inside the bombing left me deeply moved, making me feel the overlapping circles of anguish. This is a book that touches the soul as it gazes toward the heavens.”
“A girl surviving through wartime. The writing is filled with beautiful, poetic prose.”