Havi­va Ner-David is a writer and rab­bi who lives in north­ern Israel on Kib­butz Han­na­ton, where she runs Shmaya: A Mikveh for Mind, Body and Soul and has a thriv­ing spir­i­tu­al com­pan­ion­ship prac­tice. She is the author of two mem­oirs, Life on the Fringes and Chanah’s Voice. Hope Val­ley is her debut nov­el. Ner-David has sev­en chil­dren and lives with a degen­er­a­tive neu­ro­mus­cu­lar dis­ease that has been one of her great­est teachers.