Places We Left Behind: a memoir-in-miniature - Jennifer Lang

\nFor anyone who has ever loved deeply and been willing to take risks for the sake of love. Rachel Barenbaum author of Atomic Anna\n \nWhen American-born Jennifer falls in love with French-born Philippe during the First Intifada in Israel, she understands their relationship isn't perfect.\n \nBoth 23, both Jewish, they lead very different lives: she's a secular tourist, he's an observant immigrant. Despite their opposing outlooks on two fundamental issues-country and religion-they are determined to make it work. For the next 20 years, they root and uproot their growing family, each longing for a singular place to call home.\n \nIn Places We Left Behind, Jennifer puts her marriage under a microscope, examining commitment and compromise, faith and family while moving between prose and poetry, playing with language and form, daring the reader to read between the lines.\n