LIGHT FELL
Evan Fallenberg
Twenty years have passed since Joseph left behind his entire life – his wife Rebecca, his five sons, his father, and the religious Israeli farming community where he grew up – when he fell in love with a man, the genius rabbi, Yoel Rosenzweig. Their affair is long over, but its echoes continue to reverberate through the lives of Joseph, Rebecca and their sons in ways that none of them could have predicted.
Now, for his 50th birthday, Joseph is preparing to have his five sons and the daughter-in-law he has never met, to spend the Sabbath with him in the Tel Aviv penthouse that he shares his over – who is conveniently out of town that weekend. It will be the first time Joseph has come together with his sons in nearly two decades.
The boy’s lives have taken widely varying paths. While some have become extremely religious, another is completely cosmopolitan and secular, and their feelings toward their father range from acceptance to bitter resentment. As they prepare for this reunion, Joseph, his sons, and even Rebecca, must confront what was, what is, and what could have been.
230 pages, hardback
