Raquela; A Woman of Israel

by Ruth Gruber

Book Overview

A National Jewish Book Award-winning biography: A look at the early years of Israel's statehood, experienced through the life of a pioneering nurse.During her extraordinary career, nurse Raquela... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081293153X
• ISBN13: 9780812931532
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 1.3" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Amazing Book!

This book is a wonderfully told life story of an amazing woman! I couldnt put it down!

A beautiful biography that reads like a novel

This book is, in one sense, the biography of a woman whose family has always lived in Jerusalem but in another sense it is a novel of one woman's life as she grows up, falls in love, gets married, has children, loses her son and child.It is also a novel of how politics and personal life intersect: here we find Arab-Jewish relations ruptured during the Hebron Massacre only to be re-constituted again after the formation of the State of Israel; here we find Raquela's son killed in one war amongst many; here we see the international aid traded for guns in the refugee camps. And above all, here we see the heartbreak and the triumph of one woman, one Jerusalemite, who lives in her own country.I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Israel and Israelis, be they Arab or Jews or Christian.

reader

I enjoyed this book very much and couldn't wait to finish it to see what happened next. I also learned alot from this book on how the people of that time had coped, had courage, and the strength to try and live their lives. I though of Raquela as an ingretible woman with lots of strenght and mental power.

raquela a woman of israel

this is a beautifully written book.it is actually the history of the forming of the state of israel but it reads like a novel.i found it to be extremely informative & written with great sensitivity. i had to put the book down for several days at a time to absorb the strong emotional content.this is a must read for all jews & non jews,alike.raquella was an incredibly intelligent, motivated & strong woman.she accomlished much in her life & was an extremely humble human being. enjoy our history!