Category: Literary Fiction Publisher: Hamilton Stone Editions
ISBN-10: 0980178649
Pages: 210
Copyright: August, 2008
ISBN-13: 9780980178647
Price: $2.99 (eBook)
Expanded version of the original "Edges" published by the late Grace Paley
The Fragile Mistress tells the story of a girl of fourteen brought abruptly from a comfortable suburban Westchester to the harsh terrain of a young State of Israel. The girl is caught in the maelstrom of political claims between Israel and a West Bank, still part of the Kingdom of Jordan. Skolkin-Smith's gift for identifying with both mother and daughter, Arab and Jew, gives the novel a unique sense of balance and brings the reader, regardless of political conviction, into sympathy with this portrait of a vanished Jerusalem.
Professional Reviews
-- Victoria Zackheim, anthology,
With EDGES, Leora Skolkin-Smith earns her place among the most gifted of contemporary American authors. The novel is a reminder that works of fiction can offer the depth, color, texture, passion of a fine painting and a great symphony. This is more than a coming-of-age story; it is a powerful and beautifully wrought account of passion and hope...for a girl and for a country." -- Victoria Zackheim, anthology, "For Keeps", "The Other Woman," writer, "The Bone Weaver"
Caroline Leavitt
Ms. Skoikin-Smith has captured the Mideast in this wonderful novel, a mesmerizing tale of a young girl in an ancient land, both, perhaps, coming of age.
I can't wait to see what she will do next.
amazon review
... does what the best literary novels do. It makes you think and feel and takes you into a world not your own. The novel explores the boundaries in our lives: between countries, between a mother and daughter, and between lovers. Exquisitely written and haunting
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