In Sickness and In Health / Yom Kippur in a Gym : Essential Prose Series - Nora Gold

In Sickness and In Health / Yom Kippur in a Gym

By: Nora Gold

Paperback | 1 March 2024

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This flip book is comprised of two novellas:

In Sickness and In Health - Lily had epilepsy as a child, so her most cherished goal has always been to be "normal". By age 45 she has a "normal" life, including a family, friends, and an artistic career, and no one, not even her husband, knows the truth about her past. But now some cartoons she drew threaten to reveal her childhood secret and destroy her marriage and everything she has worked so hard for. A moving novella about shame, secrets, disabilities, and the limits and power of love.

Yom Kippur in a Gym Five strangers at a Yom Kippur service in a gym are struggling with personal crises. Lucy can't accept her husband's Parkinson's diagnosis. Ira, rejected by his lover, is planning suicide. Rachel worries about losing her job. Ezra is tormented by a mistake that ruined his career. Tom contemplates severing contact with his sisters. Then a medical emergency unexpectedly throws these five strangers together, and in one hour all their lives are changed in ways they would never have believed possible.

Industry Reviews
"Twin novellas peer closely into isolated souls and long-held wounds ... Gold brings wit and empathy to her mining of Lily's suffering." --Kirkus Reviews

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