A brilliantly researched and emotionally moving novel about the fates of two women and their companions during the founding of the State of Israel. Jerusalem, 1947: Judith, who survived the Dachau concentration camp, arrives in Palestine seeking refuge with her only remaining relative. After the perilous journey, she learns of her uncle's death and, in her despair, attempts to take her own life. In the Hadassah Hospital, the Arab nurse Hana saves her by donating her own blood. A delicate bond of friendship develops between the two women, but it is soon put to a severe test. Hana's fiancé Jousseff discovers that the daughter of a prominent Palestinian family is in love with a Jewish doctor, and he becomes increasingly radicalized. He joins the followers of the Mufti, whose goal is...