false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175189589m/490080.jpg 490080 3 Acclaimed Israeli author Shifra Horn follows up her award-winning, bestselling debut novel, Four Mothers, with a new novel retelling the legendary life story of the most beautiful woman in all Jerusalem. Rosa's life coincides with the fifty years of the state of Israel-she was born during the War of Independence in the 1940s and disappears on a cold winter night in the 1990s-and her absorbing tale is part history, part fairy tale, and part legend.From her earliest memories of the battle over West Jerusalem in 1948 and hearing the sounds of looters dragging carpets through the streets on the morning after the Battle of Saint Simon, to her childhood in the neighborhood of Katamon, to her three marriages and eight children named after American movie stars, Rosa's life-with its triumphs and tragedies-transcends the worlds of fiction, history, and folklore all at once to become a unique literary accomplishment.Part family saga, part political history, and part legend, readers will be as enamored of the story of Rosa and her world as all of the citizens of Jerusalem were of Rosa herself.AUTHORBIO: Shifra Horn is one of Israel's bestselling novelists and author of the award-winning novel Four Mothers, her fiction has been translated into several languages. Born in Tel Aviv, she now lives in Jerusalem. A former journalist, lecturer, and TV host, Shifra now manages her own public relations firm. 478314 2001 The Fairest Among Women total:8|5:1|4:5|2:1|1:1| 8 28 17 2 4 0 false false Thu Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 15:22:17 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 15:22:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 15:28:28 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 15:30:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 09 06:11:24 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 06:11:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Mon Nov 17 13:20:33 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 13:20:54 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Nov 14 10:52:12 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 10:52:15 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Oct 26 06:34:07 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 06:34:07 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 13:56:35 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 06:18:21 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Aug 28 11:44:58 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 11:45:04 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Sun Aug 17 15:24:57 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 15:24:57 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Aug 05 12:13:21 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 12:13:21 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Apr 12 10:07:20 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 10:07:23 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Feb 04 06:18:26 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 06:18:26 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Dec 18 09:54:29 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 09:54:29 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Tue Dec 18 09:54:26 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 09:54:26 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Thu Nov 01 19:12:04 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 19:12:04 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Sun Sep 09 16:49:37 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 16:49:37 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Wed Apr 25 18:59:57 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 25 18:59:57 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=490080