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On Her Own by Lihi Lapid

On Her Own by Lihi Lapid

Translator: Son­dra Sil­ver­ston A moving, page-turning story of two families in crisis and the unexpected places from which love can grow. Nina, a teenage runaway, wakes up in the unfamiliar stairwell of a Tel...

Here Is Still Here by Sivan Slapak

Here Is Still Here by Sivan Slapak

Raised in a family of post-war Jewish refugees in Canada, Isabel feels displaced from an early age. She’s searching for love, purpose, and the true meaning of home. From Montreal to Jerusalem and back...

Moth­er Doll by Katya Apekina

Moth­er Doll by Katya Apekina

Prize-winning author Katya Apekina’s Mother Doll is a sharp and visceral nesting doll of a novel, about four generations of mothers and daughters and the inherited trauma cast by Russian history. Zhenia is adrift...