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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, Nina, a beautiful and restless teenager, vows her life will be different. When a strapping older man in a fancy car appears at school one day offering her luxuries her single mother cannot afford, Nina believes he's her ticket out of her dumpy little town. Ignoring the danger signs and her mother's constant pleas - which end in exhausting screaming matches - she packs a suitcase and leaves home after one last fight. Ten days later, a terrified Nina, her dress torn, is hiding in the stairwell of a Tel Aviv apartment after witnessing a murder she cannot talk about.
About the Author
Lihi Lapid is a journalist, an author, a wife and a mother.
For weeks her book "Woman of Valor" topped Israel's best-seller lists, conquering hearts. In trenchant and colorful prose, Lihi Lapid tells a true-life story of women (and men) struggling to live up to expectations: a story about shattered dreams and about finding the strength to gather up the pieces and learn to smile again.
Woman of Valor is a must-read for every woman .
"Lapid questions beliefs about a woman's role in modern society, probes stereotypes and examines the lies parents tell their daughters. Through her own story, and that of others, she tells a tale of everyday battles a woman goes through. ... "
The Jerusalem Post
