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Songs for the Brokenhearted

Songs for the Brokenhearted

Tsabari, Ayelet

Paperback

General FictionHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 0812989031
ISBN13: 9780812989038
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: Sep 2 2025
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.79 Width: 6.13 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
A young Yemeni Israeli woman learns of her mother's secret romance in a dramatic journey through lost family stories, revealing the unbreakable bond between a mother and a daughter--the debut novel of an award-winning literary voice.

A gorgeous, gripping novel filled with unforgettable characters.--Elizabeth Graver, author of Kantika

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD'S JJ GREENBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

1950. Thousands of Yemeni Jews have immigrated to the newly founded Israel in search of a better life. In an overcrowded immigrant camp in Rosh Ha'ayin, Yaqub, a shy young man, happens upon Saida, a beautiful girl singing by the river. In the midst of chaos and uncertainty, they fall in love. But they weren't supposed to; Saida is married and has a child, and a married woman has no place befriending another man.

1995. Thirty-something Zohara, Saida's daughter, has been living in New York City--a city that feels much less complicated than Israel, where she grew up wishing that her skin was lighter, that her illiterate mother's Yemeni music was quieter, and that the father who always favored her was alive. She hasn't looked back since leaving home, rarely in touch with her mother or sister, Lizzie, and missing out on her nephew Yoni's childhood. But when Lizzie calls to tell her their mother has died, she gets on a plane to Israel with no return ticket.

Soon Zohara finds herself on an unexpected path that leads to shocking truths about her family--including dangers that lurk for impressionable young men and secrets that force her to question everything she thought she knew about her parents, her heritage, and her own future.

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