The new - eighth in this series - novel by Meir Shalev, the most popular writer in Israel, is as fascinating as his previous works, which are already loved by Russian readers. The book sparkles with intellectual irony; genuine human passions boil on its pages. In addition, the author decided on a daring experiment: for the first time in his work, the narration is told from the perspective of a woman who is given the right to talk about the most intimate experiences. At the same time, the novel poses such painful moral questions that no other book by Shalev has asked so far. Ruthlessly, regardless of the conventions of literature, the author penetrates into the deepest, most hidden layers of the human soul. Secrets and crimes in the family of the novel's heroine continue to haunt our memory long after we turn the last page.