Friends, Neighbors, Traitors

The year is 1983, war is raging to the north of Israel as the lives of three women, and the husband of one of them, intersect in a Jerusalem neighborhood. While the life of each character is different, the interaction between them and their respective memories forms the core of the book. The physical reality and atmosphere of Jerusalem also have a unique role to play. The clandestine affair between the husband of one of the characters and her friend overshadows the relations between all of them, causing anguish to one character and creating conflict between the unwitting and unhappy wife and her husband. How will it all end? That is for the reader to discover. One woman is bringing up her daughter on her own while still suffering from abuse by her ex-husband, while another is unable to overcome her sorrow for the loss of her mother. An ostensibly happy marriage turns out to be a sham, as the wife struggles to come to terms with an uncaring husband and the difficulties of coping with her two young sons