הו-מאמה

Sara K. runs a branch of Jerusalem's city library, and none of the people she knows suspects that at night she is a gifted illustrator of children's books, signing her pictures "Iman", the name of a friend her Iraqi-born aunt lost long ago. The aunt adopted Sara as a newborn and brought her up as a prodigy; since her death Sara has lived alone in the basement flat she left her, content with work, drawing and a solitude that has always suited her. Then she resolves to write a children's book of her own, without knowing what she is really after or what it will reveal about the real Iman, her aunt and herself.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

275 pages in the original

Set in

Israel

First published

2023 by Afik

Author's age

70 when first published