Miriam Drori - Neither Here Nor There - Release Tour
Today, I welcome a relatively new Crooked Cat author: Miriam Drori!
Miriam, originally from England, now lives in Jerusalem. Her romantic novel, Neither Here Nor There, is now available.
Over to Miriam...
Background to the Novel
Love in an exotic setting.
Bio
Miriam Drori was born
and brought up in London, and now lives in Jerusalem where she single-handedly
demonstrates female superiority against three males, now that her daughter has
left home.
Links
Miriam, originally from England, now lives in Jerusalem. Her romantic novel, Neither Here Nor There, is now available.
Over to Miriam...
Background to the Novel
There have always been
different types of Jews – some more observant and others less observant.
Even
in the time of Jesus there were the Pharisees and the Sadducees. Today, there
are several branches of Judaism ranging from one extreme to the other. The most
observant belong to the haredi community (and within the haredi community there
are various sects). That’s the one whose menfolk wear black hats and black
suits with tassels hanging out. There are others who wear long cloaks that are
either black or striped black and white. The women always keep their arms and
legs covered, and married women cover their hair. In Israel, they live in
certain neighbourhoods and a large number of them live in parts of Jerusalem.
The segregation works both ways. They want to have roads closed on the Sabbath
and holidays. They want to see people dressed as they are in their
neighbourhoods.
This is the community
into which Esty, the heroine of Neither Here Nor There, was born. This is where
she was brought up to be a devout woman. And this is where her family and the
wider community expect her to live for the rest of her life. Where she will
marry a man introduced to her by a matchmaker. Where she will live in a small,
two-bedroomed flat. And where she will give birth to a large number of
children. Or so they believe.
Mark, on the other
hand, the hero of the story, grew up in a much more liberal family in London.
He is coming to terms with living in a new country and speaking a new language
and doesn’t expect to have any connection with the haredi community.
While generally
maintaining the light tone of a traditional romance, this novel touches on
several complex issues: arranged marriage, escaping from a closed community,
extremism, life-changing decisions and emigration. I’ll be returning to those
issues as I hop around the blogosphere.
Blurb
Love in an exotic setting.
Esty’s life was laid out for her from birth. She would
marry one of a handful of young men suggested to her and settle down to raise a
large family in a tiny space within the closed community of her parents, near
to and yet far from the modern world.
But Esty has decided to risk all by escaping while she
still can. Will she make it to the other side?
Mark, who is struggling with his own life changes,
hopes that Esty will find a way through her troubles. He is fast falling in
love with her.
Separately and together, in Jerusalem and London, Esty
and Mark need to overcome many obstacles in their endeavour to achieve their
dream.
So much more than just a romance. A life.
Bio
Miriam Drori was born
and brought up in London, and now lives in Jerusalem where she single-handedly
demonstrates female superiority against three males, now that her daughter has
left home.
Following careers as a
computer programmer and a technical writer, Miriam has been writing for the
past ten years and has had short stories published online and in anthologies.
Neither Here Nor There is her first published novel.
Miriam began writing
in order to raise awareness of social anxiety. Since then the scope of her writing has widened, but she
hasn’t lost sight of her original goal.
Links
Neither Here Nor There
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And other places too...
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Thank you so much for hosting me, Cathie. ~Miriam
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome. What an insightful post! Wishing you much success with your novel.
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