Sacred

Sacred is the heart-breaking love story of a young woman and her husband, who live in the old part of the city in Jerusalem. After ten years of a loving relationship without children, Rachel’s husband is forced by custom to reject her. Does she dare to tell the truth – or will she let her beloved husband marry another?

'In Rachel and Naomi, Abecassis creates two powerful and sympathetic heroines, and the power and beauty of her writing renders their story both heartbreaking and hypnotic.' Observer

'A terrifying book on the feminine condition.' Le Figaro