Rachele Luzzato is 12 years old when she learns her father is
seriously ill. While her family are looking forward to her
Bat-Mitzvah, Rachele's teachers happen to cast her as the Madonna
in the school's Christmas play. Pulled in opposing directions,
Rachele feels the threads of her life begin to untangle. With the
fear of losing her father, various forces compete to guide and take
care of Rachele: from her charismatic Jewish grandfather, to her
Catholic grandparents on her mother's side; and even an old teacher
who believes the young girl might take solace from a
nineteenth-century novel. These disparate influences ultimately
blend in Rachele's imagination to create a fantasy that transcends
the religious and cultural conflicts of her everyday life with one
simple hope: to end the loneliness felt by an only daughter. With
great subtlety and tenderness, A.B. Yehoshua paints a portrait of a
young girl at the beginning of her journey into adulthood.
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