This prize-win­ning, satir­i­cal nov­el chron­i­cles a scan­dal that envelops a promi­nent Jerusalem fam­i­ly and leads to its down­fall. Told large­ly through the eyes of one of her three chil­dren, the sto­ry begins when Eli­she­va Fogel, depict­ed as a well-known fig­ure among Israel’s peace activists of the ear­ly 2000s, is accused of embez­zling mil­lions from the think tank she directs. Fam­i­ly mem­bers try to close ranks, but old and new griev­ances sur­face, and their reac­tions are dri­ven by con­flict­ing loy­al­ties, sus­pi­cion, as well as fear of los­ing their own finan­cial and social cap­i­tal. The alle­ga­tion and its reper­cus­sions expose not only cracks in the fam­i­ly, but the hypocrisies of Israel’s sec­u­lar, Ashke­nazi elite, along with its moral and polit­i­cal decline. This nov­el has author Noa Yedlin’s hall­mark traits: rich­ly detailed scenes and set­tings, bit­ing humor, razor-sharp social cri­tique, all pro­pelled by an immer­sive story.