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November 26, 2015

Estonian Cover

November 26, 2015
The Best Place on Earth
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The Estonian edition is out! In Estonian the book is called Parim paik maailmas. It came out with Kunst in the last few days.

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My ten-year old made me this tiny bookshelf ❤️

My ten-year old made me this tiny bookshelf ❤️❤️❤️

Today my heart aches. Some days are like that. It’s a video of two young Yemeni women, sisters, and their nephew, who were murdered at Nova, dancing before the massacare. It’s a picture of an injured Gazan child sobbing in the rubble. It’s the last message a 13 year old autistic girl left her mother before she was murdered. Today I can’t stop crying.

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Songs for the Brokenhearted, my novel about Yemeni

Songs for the Brokenhearted, my novel about Yemeni Jewish women, their loves and their songs, has a pub date, September 10, 2024, and a gorgeous cover I absolutely love. I spent years researching and writing this book and I know it is a huge accomplishment, something to celebrate and enjoy.
And yet, it’s hard to do that during such awful times, the grief we’re experiencing and the horrors we’re witnessing.
I am trying.
If you’d like to support me and the book, please consider pre-ordering it. Preordering makes a huge difference to authors. It can determine the success of the book before it’s even published, demonstrate an interest to booksellers and lead them to order more copies in advance, and help create anticipation. Links to major outlets are in my bio. You can also preorder through your local bookstore! Online, by phone, or in person. Thank you! 🙏🏽 and thank you to my publishers, @harpercollinsca @penguinrandomhouse and my amazing editors @noashap @jklambert16.

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My beloved aunt Rivka died this week. 💔 When I

My beloved aunt Rivka died this week.
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When I was 15 or 14 years old, I travelled with my mother and aunt Rivka back from Tel Aviv to our hometown of Petah Tikva. My mother was driving and somehow, she missed the exit. Now, you can say many things about my amazing mother but easygoingness is not a quality she's known for. She freaked out, becoming increasingly more agitated as minutes passed, We are lost! What are we going to do? Aunt Ricky (as I called her in those days because it seemed to match her level of coolness. It didn't catch on), however, perked up. Ooo, how exciting! she cried. I always wanted to know what was at the next exit! I heard they built a new bridge! We're on an adventure!
I remember watching her in amazement and thinking to myself that this is a moment to remember. That there is something for me to learn here.
My beloved Aunt Rivka was born in Yemen around 1932 and immigrated to Israel at the age of two. She loved traveling and her family, five children and plenty of grandchildren and great-grandchildren (bli ayin hara) who loved her and devotedly took care of her until her last day.
All her life she saved money from her job at a geriatric hospital, collecting penny for penny, and with that money she travelled all over the world, from Honolulu to India. She was blessed with a healthy sense of humour, a mischievous smile, an appreciation for pranks and silliness and bad words, and a love for life that did not diminish even when life served her some tremendously hard blows. The kind that could have destroyed her.
After my grandmother passed away she took on the role of matriarch of our family. Her home was happy, warm, and open to everyone. You didn’t need an invitation. You just had to show up.
When Yediot Aharonot wanted to photograph me for an article about my first book, they suggested that I choose a place that had meaning for me. I chose Rivka's house in Sha'ariya. (more in the comments).
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Pictures: 1. I took this picture of us in 2017. When I showed her she said, I am so beautiful! 2. on her birthday in 2018. 3. In 2016, outside the door of the shed where I took the photo for the interview. 4. with my mother.

It's strange sharing good news these days when eve

It's strange sharing good news these days when everything is so awful. But also, it feels so good to see something I've worked on for so many years becoming real. ❤️

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In the midst of all this terrible news, there’s

In the midst of all this terrible news, there’s also this. Teaching and connecting with writers has provided some comfort. Repost from @pandemicuniversity
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We hear you: you can’t get enough of award-winning author Ayelet Tsabari. 🌟 So we’re announcing the launch of her NEW 6-week intensive: Fictionalizing Your Life. Learn to mine the stories in your life in a supportive and dynamic environment that encourages authenticity, boldness, and originality.

Dates: Saturdays, Jan. 20-Feb. 24, 2024 @ 1–3:30pm EST
Tuition: $400-$550 🇨🇦 (~$296-$405 🇺🇸) - Capacity for 12 students to upgrade to “Stream B” for $150 CAD to receive written personal feedback from Ayelet on their short story.

This course is designed for emerging writers, aiming to introduce them to the world of short stories, and provide them with practical tools for crafting narratives based on personal experiences. Sound like you? Learn more at the link in our bio!

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I find comfort these days in the words of Etty Hil

I find comfort these days in the words of Etty Hillesum, taken from her diary, An Interrupted Life. Etti Hillesum was murdered in Auschwitz when she was 29.

Ziv Stahl is a survivor of the Kfar Aza massacre a

Ziv Stahl is a survivor of the Kfar Aza massacre and a CEO of the NGO @yesh_din

This breaks my heart. 💔

This breaks my heart. 💔

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When @globeandmail first asked me to write somethi

When @globeandmail first asked me to write something, I had no words. Then, two days ago they came pouring out, messy and fragmented, because there was no sense to be made of them. Link in bio.

Painful to watch

Painful to watch

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Repost from @alonlee • I sorry, but if you can't

Repost from @alonlee
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I sorry, but if you can't condam the masacarre of hundreds of innocent civilians, of children and women, you're not talking about human rights or freedom. You can both be against slauthering children and against the occupation.

What do you pack when you don’t know for how lon

What do you pack when you don’t know for how long. Going to my brother for some respite. Praying the roads will be clear and no sirens.

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