The MCJC book selection for November 7 will be On Her Own by Lihi Lapid (translated by Sondra Silverston), an Israeli bestseller by the wife of former prime minister and current opposition leader Yair Lapid. Set between the eve of Passover and Israel's Independence Day, the story centers around Nina, a teenage runaway who witnesses a murder, and ends up hiding out in the Tel Aviv apartment of Carmella, an elderly woman with dementia who mistakes Nina for her granddaughter. A propulsive page-turner, the narrative continuously shifts perspectives and also tells the story of Nina's single mother, a Russian immigrant, and Carmella's son who has moved to America, as well as other compelling secondary characters.
