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The Blessing of a Broken Heart
Koby Mandell was just 13 on May 8, 2001 when he and his friend Yosef cut school to go hiking. Their bodies were found the next day in a cave, brutally stoned to death. The extreme cruelty of this act of terror shocked the world. How does a family cope with such a loss? Koby's mother Sherri has penned this absorbing, deeply painful and yet strangely beautifu account of her ...more
Paperback, 235 pages
Published
January 1st 2009
by Toby Press
(first published September 2003)
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This is the true account of a woman whose 13-year-old son was brutally killed by Arab terrorists, and her book confronts all the issues of grieving head on - guilt, anger, etc. It's the sort of book that makes you set your priorities straight. For example, when my kids began fighting with each other, forcing me to stop reading and deal with them, I did not get as angry as I might have normally. Sherri Mandell's loss made me more grateful for what I have, and has made me see that anger is never t...more
A really nice book about Koby Mandell and his friend Yosef who went on a trip with their famlies to yam hamelach and then got stoned by Arabs. Koby's Mother wrote this book. Now there is a group (or maybe even Group'S) name after him for kids who have beem hert in wars CH"LA!
This is the story of the mother of a 13 year old Jewish-American boy who was brutally beaten to death in a cave in the Judean Desert near his West Bank home. As she learns to deal with her sorrow she sees some actions of birds as signs from her son and she reaches out to others in this war torn area to help them deal with their pains.
i'm not a big fan of her writing style, but this book is worth reading. i read it ~4 years ago and it was my initiation into the world of sobbing on the subway.
Tobi
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