LitPick Review
In Israel, an average family of two children and two parents are living in Gush Katif. The two children, Yair and Efrat,are growing up as all children do, but with one large difference: the Disengagement is looming over their studies and every-day life. Their parents, Yoram and Miri, are doing their best to maintain a healthy lifestyle, but when the family finds gun shots at night normal, perhaps it is time to become worried. Yair, Efrat's younger brother, finds his new hobby as finding live bullets, while Efrat goes into recession, trying to escape all the Disengagement horror...while their government crumbles around them.
Opinion:
Grains of Sand begins a little too calmly. However, onceI got four chapters into the book, it began to pick up the pace. The descriptions of all the different objects were wonderful, ranging from a bloodied moon to a fluffy dog. The action was wonderful (once four chapters in), ranging from a peaceful walk across sand dunes to a protest led by teenagers. And most of all, the psychological message was powerful. All at the same time, it informed me of the happiness of a regular family, moving onto the frustration and anger of that same family, all because of a government that could not sustain itself. Grains of Sand closely follows the story of a once happy community destroyed by powerful outsiders.
