Back cover text: The new novel by the bestselling author. Biography (Ayelet Gundar-Goshen): Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, born in 1982, studied psychology in Tel Aviv, and later film and screenwriting in Jerusalem. She has received numerous awards for her short stories, screenplays, and short films. Biography (Ruth Achlama): Ruth Achlama, born in 1945, has lived in Israel since 1974 and has been translating from Hebrew into German for almost thirty years, including works by Amoz Oz, Abraham B. Yehoshua, and Meir Shalev. Notes: