The only daughter : a novel
Call Number
- FICTION YEHO (CEN)
Edition
First HarperVia edition.
Languages
Translated from the Hebrew.
Publication Information
New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023.
Physical Description
191 pages ; 22 cm.
Uniform Title
Summary
"Rachele Luzzato is twelve years old when she learns her father is gravely ill. While her family plans for her upcoming Bat-Mitzvah, Rachele finds herself cast as the Madonna in her school's Christmas play. Caught between spiritual poles, struggling to cope with her father's mortality, Rachele feels as if the threads of her everyday life are unravelling. A diverse circle of adults are there to guide young Rachele as she faces the difficult passing of childhood, including her charismatic Jewish grandfather, her maternal Catholic grandparents, and even an old teacher who believes the young girl might find solace in a nineteenth-century novel. These spiritual tributaries ultimately converge in Rachele's imagination, creating a fantasy that transcends the microcosm of her daily life with one simple hope: an end to the loneliness felt by an only daughter. A. B. Yehoshua paints a warm and subtle portrait of a young girl at the cusp of her journey into adulthood."--
Notes
Translation of: Bat ha-yeḥidah.
"Originally published as Habat Hayechida in Israel in 2021 by Hakibbuz Hameuchad."--Title page verso.