Lebanese Author’s Novels, Poetry Books, and Short Stories Available on Amazon.com under Hanna Saadah.

A. Four Novels:

1. The Mighty Weight of Love

An Oklahoma based novel which transpires during the Oklahoma City Bombing, follows a Lebanese widowed doctor, Salem Hawi, who narrates a story of love and healing as he helps a rape-victim overcome her fear of men and she helps him overcome his fear of love.  Cover art by Angel Peck.

2. Love Letters, A Love Story

An East-West based novel in letters that transpires from 1966 to 2001 between a Christian student who immigrates to the US and his Muslim girlfriend who remains in Beirut.  Cover art by Judy Saadah.The novel is also available in hardback as Epistole.  Cover art by Angel Peck. 

3. Back From Iraq

An Oklahoma based novel about a soldier who returns from war, traumatized.  As his marriage breaks, his life falls apart, and his family is shattered, an unlikely love affair comes to his rescue. Cover art is by Angel Peck.

4. Twenty Lost Years

A Lebanon-based novel, which takes place from 1926 to 1966, also published in hardback as The Diary of Aziz Al-Mitfi.  It tells the story of a runaway son who flees his abusive father. After twenty years of struggle and adventure, upon his father’s death, he returns to his home town and sacrifices his life helping and protecting children.

B. Five Poetry Books:

1. Loves and Lamentations of a Life Watcher

This first book represents my youthful romance with verse.  Written when I was in my thirties, it is 167 pages long and contains 43 poems.  Most of the poems are rhymed, some are short, some are long, and eight are sonnets.

2. Vast Awakenings

This second book of romantic longings was written during my forties.  It is 160 pages long and contains 11 rhymed poems, 27 sonnets, and 21 unrhymed poems.  The book cover and each of the book’s three sections open with an original painting by Joan Marron.

3. Familiar Faces

This third book of love, philosophy, and natural yearnings, written during my latter forties, is 187 pages long.  It contains 49 poems: 12 unrhymed poems, 22 short rhymed poems (including 7 sonnets), and 15 long, rhymed poems. The cover art “A Face” is an original painting by Ismail Fattah.

4. Four and a Half Billion Years

This fourth book of diverse romantic, philosophical, and historical verse was written during my early fifties and completed after the Oklahoma City Bombing.  It is 197 pages long and contains 77 poems: 36 long poems, 21 sonnets, and 20 short poems.  The cover art is by Di’a Al Azzawi. 

4. When You Happened to Me

A new release, 138 pages long, contains 117 poems.  Composed between 2005 and 2015 there are 42 sonnets, 18 songs, 28 free verses, and 29 love poems.  The cover art is by Madison Peck.

C. Short Stories:

The Holy Quakes of Malula

“The Holy Quakes of Malula,” a short story, follows the author Hanna Saadah and his American bride, Judy, on their journey through Lebanon to introduce Judy to his family. With his wife already apprehensive about traveling to his homeland, the Saadahs find themselves trapped in a sudden, unstable situation. To escape the violence, the couple, accompanied by friends, journey into Syria.  In a historical, Christian town known for its monasteries, Judy and her guide experience a religious epiphany, which leads to a medical miracle.

Fatherland: Miss Fatima Hussein

This short story focuses on a sublime love affair between a Christian student and his Muslim English teacher, Miss Fatima Hussein. The relationship begins in Tripoli, Lebanon and evolves during the Lebanese Civil War as the student studies in the US and the teacher teaches in Tripoli.

An Evening with Ammu and Beethoven

This short story tells the tale of a man who dares to think, and by so doing, increases joy in the world. Intellectually stimulating, it features art, destiny, poetry, history, music, and an unforgettable conversation, which takes place in the private sanctuary of a home in Beirut.

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