Daughters of Jerusalem

Daughters of Jerusalem

by Charlotte Mendelson (Author)

Synopsis

Behind a crumbling facade of seeming normality, secrets begin to stir within the Lux family home. Jean Lux, constrained academic wife and guilty mother, is waiting for excitement - and it will come from an unexpected source. Meanwhile Eve, her intelligent elder daughter, luxuriates in wounded jealousy, until her loathing for her only sister verges on the murderous.

Into this climate of static repression and bitterness enters Raymond Snow, the deadly rival of Jean's husband, who begins to show interest in the vulnerable Eve. Meanwhile, Jean's best friend, Helena, has something she is yearning to tell: a confession that may alter everyone's life forever.

Beautifully written and very funny Daughters of Jerusalem is a tale of hidden love and hatred, of the need to belong and the desire for escape.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Picador
Published: 06 Feb 2004

ISBN 10: 0330482785
ISBN 13: 9780330482783

Author Bio
Charlotte Mendelson was born in 1972 and grew up in Oxford. Her first short story was published in New Writing 7 and broadcast on Radio 4. Daughters of Jerusalem is her second novel. She lives in London with her family.