The Turban Jewel - Judah, Sophie
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Fate plays strange tricks upon a young family in pre- and post-independent India. Family ties begin to feel the strain when the father is sent to prison for being a freedom fighter in a party that uses violence as a means. When he is finally released and returns to his family, he is a changed man. This story highlights how ordinary people react to change and how they cope. Tradition, friends, and community all play a part in the choices that are made.

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Produktbeschreibung
Fate plays strange tricks upon a young family in pre- and post-independent India. Family ties begin to feel the strain when the father is sent to prison for being a freedom fighter in a party that uses violence as a means. When he is finally released and returns to his family, he is a changed man. This story highlights how ordinary people react to change and how they cope. Tradition, friends, and community all play a part in the choices that are made.
Autorenporträt
Sophie Judah was born, raised, and educated in India. She moved to Israel in April of 1972 after she got married. In 1999, she returned to university and studied English literature. She then received her second master's degree in creative writing from Bar Ilan University. Her collection of short stories, Dropped from Heaven, was published by Schocken Books, Random House in 2007. Her novel, Victory Tea Estate, was published by Palimpsest Publishers, India, in 2017. Sophie resides in Israel with her husband, her five children, and eight grandchildren.