{"product_id":"walls-of-glass","title":"Walls of Glass","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Novel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePeople often come to appreciate things only after they lose them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen seventeen-year-old Eileen is consigned to a life of wandering, she learns for the first time what a home is.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe law forbids her to go back home. Her mother, an anti-apartheid activist, is excommunicated. Eileen is left to fight for her very existence, while her mother's secrets pursue her, threatening to destroy everything she has succeeded in building.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Soweto, Johannesburg's black suburb, a boy was arrested yesterday.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He's only as old as you,\" Mom had said. Though I stood up straight, she was still a head taller than me. When she lowered her eyes to me, I saw surprise in them, as if she was saying, \"How did you grow so suddenly? And how have you remained a child?\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"There are no children in Soweto,\" Mom once told me. \"Someone whose life hangs by a thread is not a child. There is no such creature.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI remember feeling then that all of my fifteen years were stolen from that unknown boy who was thrown into jail, from all the children who are no longer children.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForty years later and a continent away, Tovi Taylor is grappling with so many questions. Her father loses his public positions, doubts are raised about her mother-in-law's identity, and Rochel Efrat, her new friend, has plenty to say about everything. Are Tovi's idyllic home and family unraveling?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWalls of Glass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. A compelling debut novel by Chaya Loberbaum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Israel Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45657524601020,"sku":"LA548T","price":65.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/1756\/5372\/files\/LA548T.gif?v=1767584620","url":"https:\/\/golds.com.au\/products\/walls-of-glass","provider":"Golds World of Judaica","version":"1.0","type":"link"}