The Wild Date Palm
Diane Armstrong
Reviewed by Helen
This is a story of courage, strength and determination, based on a true story we are transported back to Palestine and the Middle East during World War One were we meet the Jewish Adelstein family siblings, Nathan, Shoshana and Leah.
War has arrived to the area and Shoshana after losing the man she loves with all her heart to her sister, agrees to marry a man and move to Constantinople but she never forgets Eli and soon is making her way back home to Zichron Yaakov after seeing the devastation that is being caused on her trip home she is determined to ensure that the Ottoman Empire does not win and arrives home to start a Jewish spy ring to help the British, will they succeed?
Shoshi arrives home to find her sister has moved away and Eli is still there, their souls are joined in some way and together they work hard to ensure that the information they collect about the Turkish army finds its way to the British, not an easy task and the danger is high at all times, Nathan is travelling around finding ways to help get the information through, especially when the British are so skeptical about the offer of help.
The spy ring started by Shoshi, Nathan and Eli Ginsberg keeps working through all that comes their way, with Nathan traveling they must find a way to get through and risks must be taken, there are people that are not happy with them but Shoshi will never give up.
This is a story that is told with heart, the courage that is shown had me turning the pages and cheering this group and Shoshi on the heartache that they went through to ensure that everyone was safe against the obstacles that are thrown their way, but love and sheer determination kept them going.
This is a story that I highly recommend to any historical fiction reader, it is so interesting learning about what happened back then and with true characters throughout the story, I also loved the connection between Shoshi, Eli and the title of the book, this one is a must read.
My thanks to the publisher for my copy to read.
War has arrived to the area and Shoshana after losing the man she loves with all her heart to her sister, agrees to marry a man and move to Constantinople but she never forgets Eli and soon is making her way back home to Zichron Yaakov after seeing the devastation that is being caused on her trip home she is determined to ensure that the Ottoman Empire does not win and arrives home to start a Jewish spy ring to help the British, will they succeed?
Shoshi arrives home to find her sister has moved away and Eli is still there, their souls are joined in some way and together they work hard to ensure that the information they collect about the Turkish army finds its way to the British, not an easy task and the danger is high at all times, Nathan is travelling around finding ways to help get the information through, especially when the British are so skeptical about the offer of help.
The spy ring started by Shoshi, Nathan and Eli Ginsberg keeps working through all that comes their way, with Nathan traveling they must find a way to get through and risks must be taken, there are people that are not happy with them but Shoshi will never give up.
This is a story that is told with heart, the courage that is shown had me turning the pages and cheering this group and Shoshi on the heartache that they went through to ensure that everyone was safe against the obstacles that are thrown their way, but love and sheer determination kept them going.
This is a story that I highly recommend to any historical fiction reader, it is so interesting learning about what happened back then and with true characters throughout the story, I also loved the connection between Shoshi, Eli and the title of the book, this one is a must read.
My thanks to the publisher for my copy to read.
4 stars
April 1, 2024 by HQ Fiction
