By Dr. Edith Eva Eger
The story of a young dancer and gymnast who was sent to Auschwitz at the age of 16. Together with her sister she survived a year of horrors, and after the war she moved to the US to become, many years later, a renowned psychologist who helped many to overcome their horrific pasts. Most of the book revolves around her life, and incorporates stories of some of her patients, and how they also helped her heal herself. [333 pp. | Hebrew translation]
By Olga Tokarczuk
This is the story of an old lady who lives in a remote Polish village year-round, while most of its resident only stay there for the summer. She takes care of the "abandoned" properties during winter, and teaches English at the local school, though prior to that she was a civic engineer, building bridges in various countries. She is also a very sensitive woman who loves the poetry of William Blake (hence the title of the book), and quite eccentric, staunchly believing in the powers of astrology and in the evilness of hunters (especially those who stage feeding areas only to kill the approaching animals).
When hunters start dying out in mysterious ways, nobody believes her when she claims it was the acts of vengeful of the animals. [Hebrew translation; 263pp.]
