{"product_id":"9780312265908","title":"The Fairest among Women","description":" Acclaimed Israeli author Shifra Horn follows up her award-winning, bestselling debut novel, \u003ci\u003eFour Mothers,\u003c\/i\u003e with a new novel retelling the legendary life story of the most beautiful woman in all Jerusalem.\u003cp\u003e Rosa's life coincides with the fifty years of the state of Israel-she was born during the War of Independence in the 1940s and disappears on a cold winter night in the 1990s-and her absorbing tale is part history, part fairy tale, and part legend. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From her earliest memories of the battle over West Jerusalem in 1948 and hearing the sounds of looters dragging carpets through the streets on the morning after the Battle of Saint Simon, to her childhood in the neighborhood of Katamon, to her three marriages and eight children named after American movie stars, Rosa's life-with its triumphs and tragedies-transcends the worlds of fiction, history, and folklore all at once to become a unique literary accomplishment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Part family saga, part political history, and part legend, readers will be as enamored of the story of Rosa and her world as all of the citizens of Jerusalem were of Rosa herself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography: Shifra Horn is one of Israel's bestselling novelists and author of the award-winning novel \u003ci\u003eFour Mothers\u003c\/i\u003e, her fiction has been translated into several languages. Born in Tel Aviv, she now lives in Jerusalem. A former journalist, lecturer, and TV host, Shifra now manages her own public relations firm.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024390832368,"sku":"9780312265908","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780312265908_p0.gif?v=1763676558","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780312265908","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}