Tag: Tel Aviv

On Her Own By Lihi Lapid

On Her Own A moving, page-turning story of two families in crisis that melds the clock-ticking tension of Laura Dave’s The Last Thing He Told Me with the “issue-driven” gravity of Jennifer Haigh’s Mercy Street.  Watching her Russian immigrant mother, Irina, struggle to put food on the table, […]

State Of The ARC #31

I finished August with 22 ARCs left to be read.  September was just a hectic and out of control month. I’m traveling a bit in October, so I spent a lot of this month running around trying to handle a lot of stuff. Between medical appointments, hospital visits, […]

The Dead Sister

The Dead Sister Thank you to the author for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: murder, violence, blood, Holocaust imagery, gore, description of an anti-Jewish riot (pogrom), mention of rape, mention of sexual abuse, gun violence The police […]

Ten Years Gone

Ten Years Gone Thank you to the author for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: Holocaust flashbacks, trauma, grief, murder, violence, blood, discussion of war, murder of children, gore, attempted sexual assault On the dusty streets of post-war […]