The Resting Place of the Moon

The Resting Place of the Moon is a modern quest for truth. Set on Jerusalem's fabled Mount of Olives, it is the story of a conference of all the birds of the air, assembled by the Hoopoe bird. The task given to the birds is to reveal to the world some of the consequences of the violence and injustice besetting all who live today in 'The Holy Land'.

It is a tale of such raw pain and deep hurt that its meaning is perhaps more poignant and its healing power stronger when the words are spoken by birds.

The Hoopoe bird's conference aspires to inform, but also to awaken a sleeping world to the daily lives of a nation of people living under the shadows of military checkpoints and the already notorious 'Separation Wall'. The whole world knows the horror of suicide bombings that bring shame to the voice of freedom. The underlying horrors of injustice so often cited as reasons for terror have seldom impinged on the conscience of the free world. As this tale reveals, such injustices bring shame too on all who believe in human dignity and freedom but who do nothing.

The author's royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to peace and humanitarian groups in Palestine.

Dublin based writer, teacher, clinical psychologist, Felicity
Heathcote, has worked in Palestine, Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Ireland & Northern Ireland and the USA. Her allegory, The Resting Place of the Moon (2007) is 'a modern quest for truth'. In a television documentary on her work, 'Would you believe' (RTE), she says: 'The silence of the world shames each of us . . . It's our responsibility to break this silence.'

'This beautifully written book brilliantly highlights the extent to which human rights have been sidelined by all sides in The Middle East.'
Dr Maurice Manning,
Irish Human Rights Commission

'Now and then there comes along a minor miracle in literature. Felicity Heathcote's book, with a gorgeous cover, is one such.'
TWWC Kiosque! Review

The Resting Place of the Moon ' is a neat pocketable book, with the air of a minor classic - which perhaps it is.'
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