{"title":"Nation­al Jew­ish Book Awards","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrowse our Nation­al Jew­ish Book Awards collection. New Arrival.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"on-her-own-a-novel-by-lihi-lapid","title":"On Her Own: A Novel by Lihi Lapid","description":"\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}' data-sheets-value='{\"1\":2,\"2\":\"A moving, page-turning story of two families in crisis and the unexpected places from which love can grow.\\n\\n?\\\"The true mystery Lapid seeks to unveil is one of the most burning questions of our time: What does it mean to be a woman in today’s world? 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The guilt over having left Israel for his pursuit of the American dream stirs childhood memories in him and a longing for the family that once was complete.\\n\\nSet between the eve of Passover and Israel’s Independence Day, On Her Own is a tense and immersive psychological read about two families looking for redemption and the transformative bonds between strangers.\\n\\nTranslated from the Hebrew by Sondra Silverston.\\n\\n \"}' data-sheets-root=\"1\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003eNation­al Jew­ish Book Award Finalist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}' data-sheets-value='{\"1\":2,\"2\":\"A moving, page-turning story of two families in crisis and the unexpected places from which love can grow.\\n\\n?\\\"The true mystery Lapid seeks to unveil is one of the most burning questions of our time: What does it mean to be a woman in today’s world? 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