Lightness of air (Signed copy)

This is a poignant, quintessentially Jewish story which is beautifully written.

In 1920, after leaving their homes in Russia, the brothers Samuel and Isaac Harris arrive on the shores of America. They each carry a battered brown suitcase containing their only possessions. The following year, Yetta, Samuel's bride, follows him, bringing with her mothers silver candlesticks. 

In 1945, Helen Jablonski, having survived the ravages of the war in Europe and the loss of her family, sets out on a courageous journey to reach Palestine. She is joined by Sofia, her childhood friend, who she meets up with after she's liberated.