| An Israeli girl's coming of age is told through a diary addressed to Anne Frank in this powerful novel-'a temple of love to the imaginary' (Time Out Israel). ? Love is both the question and the answer in this lyrical novel by one of Israel's bestselling authors. Returning to her hometown as an adult, Rivi Shenhar discovers a collection of her old diaries-impassioned, plaintive journals she addressed to Anne Frank while growing up in Israel in the 1970s. Reading them takes her back to the isolated, lonely girl she was, living alone with a distant mother, but also to the love affair that changed her life. ? When her young literature teacher provides an outlet for Rivi's frustrations, she never imagines that she will fall in love-or that such a turbulent, forbidden relationship could last so long, or become so intimate and erotically charged. Rivi's transformation from awkward child to confident woman-and writer-is deftly handled, in 'metaphoric language that is amazingly sensuous and precise' (Globes). |
