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"I was born in the copper bed of my great-grandmother Sarah, in the summer of 1948." So opens Four Mothers, the saga of a Jerusalem family ruled by its women. The story spans more than a hundred years and begins with a pile of yellowing photographs that give away dark erotic secrets, sending the narrator on a journey to uncover the women of her family and the identity of her father.
Shifra Horn spins a fantastical, sensitive and sensual saga of a line of strong women, steeped in the scent of the rosewater brewed by the great-grandmother Sarah, and captures the enchanted atmosphere of Jerusalem: a city of hard stones, passions and secrets, bearded scholars and ancient beauties. Since its first publication the novel has sold more than 70,000 copies in Hebrew and has been translated into many languages.
This is the Hebrew edition.