Lit in Translation

בשוכבי ובקומי, אישה

Be-shokhvi uve-kumi, ishah

“When I Lie Down and When I Rise, a Woman” (title translated by AI)

Mira Magen (מירה מגן, born 1950)

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Zohara, a hospital nurse, has a son without being married, and from the day he is born motherhood takes over her whole being. When a man appears at her door, desire and conscience collide: can she be a mother and also a woman who is loved? Between single parenthood and hard shifts on the ward, her doubts turn into upheaval.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
284 pages in the original
Genres
Love, Family (assigned by AI)
First published
2000 by Keter
Author's age
50 when first published
ISBN

9789650708603 (original)