Four Mothers - Shifra HornCondition: Pre Loved Shifra Horn's beautifully imagined novel tells the story of five generations of women in one family against the backdrop of one hundred years in Jerusalem. The story begins with the birth of the family's first boy to Amal, the last generation. Her mother, grandmother and great grandmother are overjoyed, because the birth of a healthy boy means that the curse against the women of the family has been broken. They tell Amal the story

riveting plea

and if her parents on Striver’s Row don’t approve of him or their cramped apartment across from the subway tracks

where the tight-knit Nadal family has lived for generations

banished from school

The perils of pomegranate juice

and of the universal conflicts inherent to love and friendship

In an urgent

Yet nothing prepares you for what lies at the heart of it

their blind grandmother

her only companion

With remarkable candor and a refreshing perspective on life in the spotlight

or 'grandfather'