Ayelet Tsabari will discuss her recent book "Songs for the Brokenhearted."
1950. Thousands of Yemeni Jews have immigrated to the newly founded Israel in search of a better life. In an overcrowded immigrant camp, a shy young man happens upon a beautiful girl, Saida, singing by the river. In the midst of chaos and uncertainty, they fall in love. But they were not supposed to.
1995. Thirty-something Zohara, Saida's daughter, has been living in New York City. She hasn't looked back since leaving home, rarely in touch with family back in Israel. After her mother's death, Zohara finds herself on an unexpected path that leads to shocking truths about her family-including dangers that lurk for impressionable young men and secrets that force her to question everything she thought she new about her parents, her heritage, and her own future.