The Ukrainian-born author discusses immigrants, her first novel and how to talk to a friend about writing love scenes for a character based on his mother.
Beginning at Pesah and ending five months later, this domestic tale offers a heartfelt take on the trials and tribulations of an upper-middle-class Jewish family from Connecticut.
The title of this ambitious, compassionate tale of four women who love, lose and rededicate themselves to life refers to a “solemn, ancient, sacred” burial ritual, a hesed…