Jerusalem lies at the end of an old Roman road, a city swathed in
light and sorrow.
Coming to Jerusalem to fulfill her grandfather's dying wish, Eve Cavell finds herself poised on the fault line of three worlds--Muslim, Christian, and Jewish. Inspired rather than frightened by the ghosts and warring children that surround her, Eve emerges from mourning to a life larger for its dangers. The lost and alone--an Australian street preacher, a handsome, apathetic Palestinian, an alienated Israeli investigator, and others--find a way to her door. Soon she attracts the attention of Mozes Koenig, an elderly Hungarian author in search of a heroine. Eve, with her lodestar eyes and solitary dance, captivates the old man's imagination, and together they create an opus to humanity in a city made of stone.
"Shames, a former Middle East correspondent, handles the complexities of Eve's visit to war-torn Jerusalem with a sublety seldom seen in this genre. She is careful not to pass judgment on either side of the political equation as she skillfully intertwines the lives of this diverse cast of characters to produce a tightly executed, emotion-filled work." Publisher's Weekly
"One might expect the journalist and novelist to approach this story quite differently, but in Between Two Deserts, foreign correspondent Germaine Shames has realized a combination of these crafts, lucidly capturing those immutable qualities that speak to our souls." Rain Taxi
"In Jerusalem where rhetoric and revenge rule, Shames shows us humanity and insight." Bloomsbury Review
