“(The Almond Tree) had traces of Victor Frankl’s Man’s search for Meaning. Both of them talk about the surviving through the worst possible human conditions and coming out of it with flying colors, keeping a hope alive for humanity in the middle of hatred, violence and all kinds of divisions that we let come between us and our fellow beings. This also opened up the geography and politics of Israel and Palestine for me, of which I had a very vague idea based on newspaper reports. At the end of the book, I wanted to pack my bags and visit Gaza and it reminded me of all my friends and acquaintances who have narrated stories of visiting Israel.”