{"product_id":"every-house-needs-a-balcony-paperback","title":"Every House Needs a Balcony - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRina Frank\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn international bestseller and publishing phenomenon, \u003cem\u003eEvery House Needs a Balcony\u003c\/em\u003e--dubbed the \"Israeli \u003cem\u003eKite Runner\u003c\/em\u003e\" by \u003cem\u003eThe Bookseller\u003c\/em\u003e--is the story of one family, one home, and the surprising arc of one woman's life, from the poverty of her youth, to the glowing love and painful losses of her adult years. If you enjoy the novels of Dalia Sofer (\u003cem\u003eThe Septembers of Shiraz\u003c\/em\u003e), Amos Oz (\u003cem\u003eMy Michael, A Tale of Love and Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e), and A.B. Yehoshua (\u003cem\u003eMr Mani\u003c\/em\u003e), you'll find much to love in Rina Frank's beautiful and bittersweet \u003cem\u003eEvery House Needs a Balcony\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed as the Israeli \u003cem\u003eKite Runner\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe Bookseller\u003c\/em\u003e), this international bestseller and publishing phenomenon is the bittersweet story of one family, one home, and the surprising arc of one woman's life, from the poverty of her youth to the glowing love and painful losses of her adult years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBraiding together past and present, \u003cem\u003eEvery House Needs a Balcony\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of a young Jewish girl--a child of Romanian immigrants--who lives with her family in the poverty-stricken heart of 1950s Haifa, Israel. Eight-year-old Rina, her older sister, and their parents inhabit a cramped apartment with a narrow balcony that becomes an intimate shared stage on which the joys and dramas of the building's daily life are played out. It is also a vantage point from which Rina witnesses the emergence of a strange new country, born from the ashes of World War II. Later, after years of living abroad with her wealthy Spanish husband in Barcelona, Rina, longing for the simple life she has missed, returns to the Haifa of her boisterous youth, a move that soothes her soul but ultimately endangers her marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully told, rich with questions of identity, love, and survival, \u003cem\u003eEvery House Needs a Balcony\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable social and historical portrait of a neighborhood and a nation. Steeped in the colors and smells, laughter and tears, of Rina Frank's own childhood memories, it is a heartbreaking tale about the deepest meanings of home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed as the \"Israeli \u003cem\u003eKite Runner\u003c\/em\u003e\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Bookseller\u003c\/em\u003e), this international bestseller and publishing phenomenon is the bittersweet story of one family, one home, and the surprising arc of one woman's life, from the poverty of her youth to the glowing love and painful losses of her adult years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBraiding together past and present, \u003cem\u003eEvery House Needs a Balcony\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of a young Jewish girl--a child of Romanian immigrants--who lives with her family in the poverty-stricken heart of 1950s Haifa, Israel. Eight-year-old Rina, her older sister, and their parents inhabit a cramped apartment with a narrow balcony that becomes an intimate shared stage on which the joys and dramas of the building's daily life are played out. It is also a vantage point from which Rina witnesses the emergence of a strange new country, born from the ashes of World War II. Later, after years of living abroad with her wealthy Spanish husband in Barcelona, Rina, longing for the simple life she has missed, returns to the Haifa of her boisterous youth, a move that soothes her soul but ultimately endangers her marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully told, rich with questions of identity, love, and survival, \u003cem\u003eEvery House Needs a Balcony\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable social and historical portrait of a neighborhood and a nation. Steeped in the colors and smells, laughter and tears, of Rina Frank's own childhood memories, it is a heartbreaking tale about the deepest meanings of home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 09, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47226995114233,"sku":"9780061714245","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/aDV1ZVV0OGJSN25KOXN6YmxERFlmQT09.webp?v=1768273893","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/every-house-needs-a-balcony-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}