Algeria and Palestine : Diaspora, displacement and family connections

This Strange Eventful History (Fleet, Hachette) and Enter Ghost (Penguin Random House) are both rich, moving stories of exile, identity and family. Sonia, Isabella Hammad’s main character, tries to find her place in Palestine, her ancestral home, while Claire Messud follows the life of an Algerian family over seven decades, from 1940 to 2010, from the colonial past to Algerian independence.