SacredSacred is the heart-breaking love story of a young woman and her husband, who live in the old part of the city in Jerusalem. After 10 years of a loving relationship without children, Rachel's husband is forced by custom to reject her. Does she dare to tell the truth - or will she let her beloved husband marry another? |
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| Title | Sacred |
| Author | Eliette Abécassis |
| Translated by | Karen Newby |
| Publisher | Aurora Metro, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0953675785, 9780953675784 |
| Length | 139 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / General Fiction / Literary |
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