000			02094nam a22002177a 4500
003			OSt
005			20250214095452.0
008			250214b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 hin d
020			_a9780812988987
040			_aNISER LIBRARY _beng _cNISER LIBRARY
082	0	0	_a82-312.1 _bTSA-A
100	1		_aTsabari, Ayelet
245	1	0	_aArt of leaving : _ba memoir
260			_aNew York : _bRandom House, _c2019.
300			_axii, 319 pages ; _c22 cm
520			_aThis collection opens with the death of Ayelet Tsabari's father when she was a nine-year-old girl. His passing left her feeling rootless, devastated, and driven to question her complex identity as an Israeli of Yemeni descent in a country that suppressed and devalued her ancestors' traditions. In The "Art of Leaving, Ayelet tells her story, from her early love of writing and words, to her rebellion during her mandatory service in the Israeli army. She travels from Israel to New York, to Canada, Thailand, and India, falling in and out of love with countries, men and women, drugs and alcohol, running away from responsibilities and refusing to settle in one place. She recounts her first marriage; her struggle to define herself as a writer in a new language; her decision to become a mother; and finally her rediscovery and embrace of her family history--a history marked by generations of headstrong women who struggled to choose between their hearts and their homes. Eventually, she realizes that she must come to terms with the memories of her father, the sadness of her past, and overcome her fears if she is ever going to come to terms with herself. With fierce, emotional prose, Tsabari crafts a beautiful meditation about the lengths we will travel to try to escape our grief; the universal search to find a place where we belong; and the sense of home we eventually find within ourselves.
600	1	0	_aTsabari, Ayelet, _d1973-
650		0	_aJewish women authors _zCanada _vBiography.
856			_3Reviews _uhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40360372-the-art-of-leaving?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13#CommunityReviews
942			_2udc _cBK
999			_c35650 _d35650