AN IMPROBABLE FRIENDSHIP: THE REMARKABLE LIVES OF RUTH DAYAN AND RAYMONDA TAWIL AND THEIR 40-YEAR MISSION TO BUILD UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THEIR PEOPLES

Book ID/图书代码： 09775014B75420

English Summary/英文概要： Sometimes you can find the most astounding of friendships in the most unlikely of places. An Improbable Friendship is the dual biography of Israeli Ruth Dayan, Moshe Dayan’s widow, now ninety-seven, and Palestinian journalist Raymonda Tawil, Yasser Arafat’s mother-in-law, now seventy-four. It reveals for the first time the two women’s surprising and secret forty-year friendship and delivers the story of their extraordinary and turbulent lives growing up in a war-torn country.

Based on personal interviews, diaries, and journals drawn from both women—Ruth lives today in Tel Aviv, Raymonda in Malta—author Anthony David delivers a fast-paced, fascinating narrative that is a beautiful story of reconciliation and hope in a climate of endless conflict. By telling their stories and following their budding relationship, which began after the Six-Day War in 1967, we learn the behind-the-scenes, undisclosed history of the Middle East’s most influential leaders from two prominent women on either side of the ongoing conflict.

An award-winning biographer and historian, Anthony David brings us the story of unexpected friendship while he discovers the true pasts of two outstanding women. Their story gives voice to Israelis and Palestinians caught in the Middle East conflict and holds a persistent faith in a future of peace.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 有时，在最不可思议的地方，却存在着最真挚的友情。《难能可贵的友谊》以人物传记的形式讲述了以色列妇女露丝与巴勒斯坦记者雷蒙达之间的传奇故事：在战火纷飞的年代，她们是如何成长并建立起真挚的友谊的。

露丝是以色列军事领袖Moshe Dayan的遗孀，现年97岁，雷蒙达是巴勒斯坦总统阿拉法特的岳母，现年74岁。作者通过访谈、日记等方式，向读者展示了一段美丽动人的故事——无止境的战争背后所蕴藏的希望与和谐。通过两位女性之间的故事，我们看到了中东最具影响力的政治领袖背后不为人知的历史。

作为一名获奖的传记作家与历史学家，作者David在揭露两位女性辉煌卓越的人生时，向我们展现了一段不可思议的友谊。她们的故事让人们又看到了巴以和平进程的一丝曙光。(LYR)

Awards/获奖情况：“David has succeeded in creating a vivid portrait of two very feisty women.” --Publishers Weekly

“There are many powerful men in this riveting book...and enough intrigue, violence, and danger to fill a thriller. But the two suns at the center of this illuminating dual biography are women, brilliant, passionate, driven feminists whose unique friendship should serve as a model for international relations and people-to-people dialogue. Without downplaying their political, cultural and religious differences, Anthony David deftly describes what fuels the enduring relationship between Ruth Dayan and Raymonda Tawil...Had Ruth and Raymonda been in charge, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would have ended four decades ago. Think about that as you dive into this compelling story.” --Letty Cottin Pogrebin, author of Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate

“This book reveals unexpected nuggets of gold in describing the unlikely friendship between the much older Ruth Dayan and the fearless beauty, Raymonda Tawil. This untold story through the eyes of two extraordinary women, both feminists, pursuers of peace who never gave up, is a compelling read. Especially riveting is the account of their respective daughters, Yael Dayan, writer and activist, and Suha Tawil, widow of Yasser Arafat. It’s a revelation.” --Lilly Rivlin, award winning filmmaker, writer and political activist

About the Author/作者介绍： ANTHONY DAVID著有8本书，其中包括与巴勒斯坦领导人Sari Nusseibeh合作的自传《曾经的国度：一名巴勒斯坦人的一生》，此书被“基督教科学箴言报”评为当年最佳读物之一，并荣获诸多奖项。David毕业于芝加哥大学，拥有欧洲历史学博士学位，现居耶路撒冷。

ANTHONY DAVID is the author of eight books, including his collaboration with Palestinian leader Sari Nusseibeh on his autobiography, Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007). It was voted one of the best books of the year by the Christian Science Monitor, and awarded the biennial 2010 Siegried Unself Prize. David holds a Ph.D. in European History from the University of Chicago and currently lives in Jerusalem.

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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：UK rights sold to Simon and Schuster UK
Australian rights sold to Random House ANZ
Hebrew rights sold to Schocken

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