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“…
For several minutes the gull hovered motionless above my head, then
gracefully glided out to sea.
When I looked down, I
saw a scroll lying at my feet.
Here is the text that
was written on that scroll: it is the tale of a thousand birds — a story
that has to be told ...”
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Limited hardcover
edition Available now.€15.99 + 25% p&p
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The Resting Place of the Moon
Felicity Heathcote
With a Preface by Jeff Halper,
Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, 2006
This is a gently
narrated but harrowing tale from Jerusalem’s
fabled Mount of Olives where a conference
of all the birds of the air has been assembled by the Hoopoe bird. Hoopoe
aspires to inform and awaken a
sleeping world – for, as she says, “there is shame too on all who believe
in human dignity and freedom but who do nothing.”
The Author: Felicity
Heathcote is a Dublin
based clinical psychologist, teacher and writer who has spent several years
in Palastine. Born in England
she has also worked in Iran,
Japan and the USA. Her
books, Peak Performance: Zen & the Sporting Zone, and The
Learning Zone were published by Wolfhound Press.
“If you want to
know what is really going on in the occupied villages and towns of the West Bank, read this shattering allegory and learn
from the birds of the air, unbound by checkpoints and closures. … The
hoopoe bird speaks without fear of politicians; without the spin of media.
So does Felicity Heathcote.”
Professor Alice
Bach,
Director, Hallinan
Project of Peace and Justice, Case Western Reserve University, USA
“Felicity’s book is, indeed, imaginative, and that
is important. … Her book dares to do what, for some reason, has been deemed
undo-able … The Resting Place of the Moon … wells up from,
and connects to, the primal urge in all of us to do good, to be good, and
thus, perhaps, to advocate for the good …”
From the ‘Preface’ by Jeff Halper
The author royalties are
being donated to peace and humanitarian groups in Palestine and Israel,
especially to assist: children
suffering from learning disabilities and trauma who need special care and
education; to give gifts and presents for the children of Bethlehem
arranged by the Conflict Resolution Centre; and to provide food and basic
medicines especially for the elderly.
for people everywhere, for human rights,
there is disturbing truth in the stories told at Hoopoe bird’s conference
Fiction; allegory 128 pages; 198 x 130mm.
ISBN 978 0 9546150 2 4
Hardcover:
(For details on the
booktrade edition due March 2007, contact The Otherworld Press)
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