Mirroring the fortified society of her country, Israel, Susannah Rabin ('no relation to') is locked in a love-hate relationship with her mother in Alona Kimhi's poignant, at times hilarious, debut novel Weeping Susannah. Isolated from the outside world, their defences are breached when Susannah's mysterious cousin Neo arrives from New York and attempts to coax Susannah from her cocoon. It will not be easy...
There are some people whose very existence makes you, in other words ...