This is not really a novel with a plot, but a series of connected short stories told in separate chapters by each of 3 Israeli small town girls who are drafted into the army after high school. Their army service will probably define who they are in the future: its boredom, its dangers, its damage...
This is the story of three young women from a small northern town in Israel. The story follows them from the end of high school, through their army service and into the beginning of their young adult life. I wanted to love this book but, unfortunately, that just didn’t happen. When I look back on...
I take off my uniform shirt but stay in a tank top. I let my hair down, let all the bobby pins plummet to the sand, let my curls drop to my shoulders; and then I hide my eyes with them. Because of the sun—it is so hot, my neck can’t hold my head up. I wait on the side of the highway. The sun is b...