Edges: O Israel, O Palestine
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- Synopsis
- "Edges" takes the reader to an Israel in 1963, before high walls formed a border, when, instead, metal wires hung "like hosiery lines" across the land. Liana Barish is fourteen years old when the suicide of her American father forces her mother, mourning, in despair back to her family--to Jerusalem where she grew up. For Liana it is the place where the powerful interdependence of mother and daughter--physical and spiritual--ends. It is the place of her sexual awakening.
- Copyright:
- 2005
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 178 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781930180147
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 10/31/06
- Copyrighted By:
- Leora Skolkin-Smith
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Leora Skolkin-Smith
- Proofread By:
- Karin Mitchell
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
Reviews
5 out of 5
By Bookshare.org Volunteer on Jan 11, 2009
I enjoyed Leora Skolkin-Smith's powerful debut novel "Edges" very much. It's a deeply felt and authentic book written in lyrical and compelling language, telling a universal story about mothers and daughters. The geography of Israel is especially memorable and Leora Skolkin-Smith is very gifted at expressing complex emotional moments, and a young woman's emerging sexuality.