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In the end, her target turned out to be more complex - and in some ways more threatening - than the stereotypical terrorist she had long imagined.   'Her work is really two books. First, it is a personal account of her own desire for revenge on the man who hurt her father and how she resolved this issue. Second, it is a journalistic exploration of the motivation and mechanisms for revenge across the globe' Scotsman   'Compelling . . . This is an intelligent and genuinely optimistic book'  Daily Mail","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49532022784273,"sku":"GOR003174286","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49608583610641,"sku":"GOR005941507","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50468257202449,"sku":"CIN0330493604G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0330493604.jpg?v=1751134086"},{"product_id":"revenge-book-laura-blumenfeld-9780330493611","title":"Revenge","description":"'My father was shot by a terrorist. I spent the next decade hunting down the shooter. And when I found him . . . I tried to set him free'In 1986, Laura Blumenfeld's father was shot in Jerusalem by a member of a rebel faction of the PLO. He lived, but as he recovered, Blumenfeld's desire for revenge grew.Travelling to Europe, the United States and the Middle East, Blumenfeld gathers avengers' stories as she plots to infiltrate the shooter's life. Through interviews with Yitzhak Rabin's assassin, members of the Albanian Blood Feud Committee, the chief of the Iranian judiciary, the mayor of Palermo, and Egyptian heroin smuggler, the Israeli prime minister and the military chief of staff, priests, sports fans, teenaged girls and prostitutes, she explores the mechanics and psychology of vengeance.Ultimately her journey leads her home, where she confronts her childhood, her parents' failed marriage, and her ideas about family. And in the end, her target turns out to be more complex and in some ways more threatening than the adversary she had long imagined.REVENGE is the story of family, loyalty, and home; of the private passions behind public events; and of the thin red line between love and hate.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49587200688401,"sku":"GOR005041909","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53575322272017,"sku":"GOR014967322","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0330493612.jpg?v=1750877294"},{"product_id":"revenge-a-story-of-hope-book-laura-blumenfeld-9781587242816","title":"Revenge a Story of Hope","description":"Laura Blumenfeld's father was shot in Jerusalem in 1986 by a member of a rebel faction of the PLO responsible for attacks on several tourists. Her father survived, but Blumenfeld's desire for revenge haunted her. This is her story -- and a fascinating study of the mechanics and psychology of vengeance. \u003cbr\u003e While plotting to infiltrate her father's shooter's life, Blumenfeld travels the globe gathering stories of other avengers. Through interviews with Yitzhak Rabin's assassin; members of the Albanian Blood Feud Committee; the chief of the Iranian judiciary; the mayor of Palermo, Sicily; the Israeli prime minister; priests; sports fans; fifth-grade girls; prostitutes; and more, she explores the dynamics of hate -- and the fine line that sometimes separates it from love. \u003cbr\u003e Ultimately, Blumenfeld's target is more complex than the stereotypical terrorist she'd long imagined. In a surprising twist, she gets revenge, but not according to traditional expectations. She discovers a third way, a choice beyond turn the other cheek or an eye for an eye. 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