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We Will Dance Again: A novel about October 7th and Jewish resilience by Aviva Gat, Aviva Gat
5.0
This is one of the best and most important novels I have ever read. Listen, I’m not going to lie, this is a very hard read, but it’s also a very important one.
Aviva Gat takes us from the atrocities of October 7th through Day 220- May 13th. We follow the journeys of 6 different people- a hostage, a Nova survivor, a soldier, the head of the military, the wife of a terrorist, and an 18 year old Harvard student through the 220 days of hell. Each POV offers something a little different and together they comprise the entire picture.
While this book is a novel, everything in it is complex true. All of the news articles and speeches are actually real (I Googled) as are the places around Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
I loved this book not only for the captivating story but also because it was like coming home. Ms. Gat’s descriptions of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem were spot on and it made me miss my beautiful Israel more than I normally do.
I know this will be a hard read for some people- some because it feels like it’s too soon and some because they don’t want to believe this is actually happening- especially the parts that take place in Gaza, but this is a book that needs to be read and discussed and shared around.
Thank you so much to the author for an advanced copy of this. The Kindle edition of We Will Dance Again hits the shelves on January 14th while the paperback version was published in November.
Aviva Gat takes us from the atrocities of October 7th through Day 220- May 13th. We follow the journeys of 6 different people- a hostage, a Nova survivor, a soldier, the head of the military, the wife of a terrorist, and an 18 year old Harvard student through the 220 days of hell. Each POV offers something a little different and together they comprise the entire picture.
While this book is a novel, everything in it is complex true. All of the news articles and speeches are actually real (I Googled) as are the places around Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
I loved this book not only for the captivating story but also because it was like coming home. Ms. Gat’s descriptions of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem were spot on and it made me miss my beautiful Israel more than I normally do.
I know this will be a hard read for some people- some because it feels like it’s too soon and some because they don’t want to believe this is actually happening- especially the parts that take place in Gaza, but this is a book that needs to be read and discussed and shared around.
Thank you so much to the author for an advanced copy of this. The Kindle edition of We Will Dance Again hits the shelves on January 14th while the paperback version was published in November.