Following a terrorist explosion on a bus in Jerusalem, Yael, a married mother who narrowly escaped the attack, is haunted by the last image she recalls before the horror: a little blonde child waving to her from the window of the bus, and the sound of Beethoven's Ode to Joy, which was playing on her car radio. Yael's husband, Nachum, seems unable, or unwilling to understand what she has been through, and although her friends and colleagues are sympathetic, they cannot share her pain. Still traumatised, she feels compelled to seek out the blonde child's grieving father, the enigmatic and mysterious Avshalom. Drawn to him through their mutual suffering and fascinated by his unusual background, Yael begins to fall helplessly in love with him. Avshalom too, cannot deny his own feelings, but his belief that the loss of his wife and child is divine punishment for past sins overshadows any glimmer of hope for their future.

About the Author
Shifra Horn lives in Jerusalem and this is her fourth novel. She has won several literary prizes and is also the author of the international bestsellers The Fairest Among Women, Four Mothers and Tamara Walks on Water.

Reviews
Brilliant * INDEPENDENT *
Shifra Horn spins a magic web * Jewish TELEGRAPH *



Book Information
ISBN 9780749936358
Author Shifra Horn
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Piatkus Books
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 314g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 128mm * 21mm