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1996: Northern Israel. This is no utopia…
Dirt
What you need to know before your trail
This is no utopia…
1996. Northern Israel. Lola leaves an unhappy home life in England for the fabled utopian life of a kibbutz, but this heavily guarded farming community on the Arab-Israeli border isn’t the idyll it seems, and tensions are festering.
Hundreds of miles away, in the Jerusalem offices of the International Tribune newspaper, all eyes are on Israel’s response to a spate of rocket attacks from Lebanon, until cub reporter Jonny Murphy gets a tip from a mysterious source that sends him straight into the danger zone.
When the body of an Arab worker is discovered in the dirt of the kibbutz chicken house, it triggers a series of events that puts Lola and the whole community in jeopardy, and Jonny begins to uncover a series of secrets that put everything at risk, as he begins to realise just how far some people will go to belong…
Travel Guide
Kibbutz Israel
Beit Liora is a real kibbutz in Northern Israel
“It turns out that tht e kibbutz is a project with international appeal, to Jews and non- Jews alike.”
The place is loved and respected by those who work there. The volunteers rise with the sun to attend the banana fields and to look after those who arrive daily.
“No wonder it’s so appealing. Even with missiles flying overhead. There’s an air of invicibility that comes with being oart of a community so entrenched.”
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Dirt
Destination/location: Israel Author/guide: Sarah Sultoon Departure Time: 2023
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