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Happy New Years / Maya Arad ; translated from the Hebrew by Jessica Cohen.
Van Pelt Library PJ5055.12.R345 S3513 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arad, Maya, 1971- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Shanim tovot. English
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Israelis--United States--Fiction.
- Israelis.
- Women--Fiction.
- Women.
- Immigrants--Fiction.
- Immigrants.
- Genre:
- Epistolary fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 367 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New Vessel Press, [2025]
- Language Note:
- In English, translated from Hebrew.
- Summary:
- "After emigrating to the United States in the mid-1960s, Leah maintains her connection to Israel by writing an annual letter on the Jewish new year to her old friends from a women's teaching college. Comprising five decades of correspondence, the novel skillfully weaves together Leah's high hopes and deep disappointments as she navigates relationships, marriage, divorce, single motherhood, financial struggles, and professional ups and downs. Leah's relentless optimism and cheerfulness conceal disturbing truths behind her carefully crafted words. As her letters turn increasingly introspective, the secrets and shame that shaped her trajectory unravel." -- Back cover.
- ISBN:
- 9781954404342
- 1954404344
- OCLC:
- 1528848185
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