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An intimate memoir in essays by an award-winning Israeli writer who travels the world, from New York to India, searching for love, belonging, and an escape from grief following the death of her father when she was a young girl
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS
This searching collection opens with the death of Ayelet Tsabari’s father when she was just nine years old. His passing left her feeling rootless, devastated, and driven to question her complex identity as an Israeli of Yemeni descent in a country that suppressed and devalued her ancestors’ traditions.
In The Art of Leaving, Tsabari tells her story, from her early love of writing and words, to her rebellion during her mandatory service in the Israeli army. She travels from Israel to New York, Canada, Thailand, and India, falling in and out of love with countries, men and women, drugs and alcohol, running away from responsibilities and refusing to settle in one place. She recounts her first marriage, her struggle to define herself as a writer in a new language, her decision to become a mother, and finally her rediscovery and embrace of her family history—a history marked by generations of headstrong women who struggled to choose between their hearts and their homes. Eventually, she realizes that she must reconcile the memories of her father and the sadness of her past if she is ever going to come to terms with herself.
With fierce, emotional prose, Ayelet Tsabari crafts a beautiful meditation about the lengths we will travel to try to escape our grief, the universal search to find a place where we belong, and the sense of home we eventually find within ourselves.
Praise for The Art of Leaving
“The Art of Leaving is, in large part, about what is passed down to us, and how we react to whatever it is. . . . [It] is not self-help—we cannot become whatever we put our mind to—yet it suggests that we can begin to heal from what has broken us, if we only let ourselves. . . . Tsabari’s intense prose gave me pause.”—The New York Times Book Review “Shortlist”
“Told in a series of fierce, unflinching essays . . . an Israeli Canadian author explores her upbringing and the death of her father in this stark, beautiful memoir.” —Shelf Awareness (starred review)
“The Art of Leaving will take you on an emotional journey you won’t soon forget.”—Hello Giggles
“Candid, affecting . . . [Ayelet Tsabari’s] linked essays cohere into a tender, moving memoir.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Publisher : Random House (February 19, 2019)
Language : English
Hardcover : 336 pages
ISBN-10 : 0812988981
ISBN-13 : 978-0812988987
Item Weight : 15.2 ounces
Dimensions : 5.7 x 1.1 x 8.5 inches
Reviewer: Jonathan.L
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Dealing with loss and grief
Review: After reading Ayelet Tsabari's The Best Place on Earth, I knew I needed to read The Art of Leaving.Early in her Memoir she writes about her father: That moment crystallized in my memory through the fog of grief, will be the fork in the road where my future splits in two what could have happened had he lived and what happened because he didn't. It is at this point that you will read about a child's grief that will follow her into womanhood. With gut wrenching honesty she will describe her life, growing as a teen, army experiences, living in various countries, relationships, experimenting and using drugs.This is a must read for anybody who has lost somebody and cannot feel whole again. It is also a story of a woman coming into her own finding the relationship she was afraid to admit she always craved and experiencing motherhood. In the end completing her destiny of becoming a writer. If I have one small criticism at times the book be came a little long, part of her story was the foods of her cultures. Which while interesting at times took me away from the emotion of her Memior, but this was her story and she was very brave in telling it.
Reviewer: Karen D. Stern
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Interesting memoir, keep reading
Review: The first half of the book was really tedious and the author not particularly likeable or interesting. Then she develops more insight, is less self-destructive and the remainder of the memoir is hard to put down. I give the first half two or a generous 3 stars but the second half 5.
Reviewer: _katrinastevens
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent
Review: Recommend
Reviewer: Patricia
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Tapestry of a Family
Review: The threads of each individual are woven into the fabric of a family that form the tapestry of history. The garment created by Tsabari envelopes the reader in a cocoon of recognition of what it means to marry being a fully realized individual with the sublimating roles of filial piety and parental support. A wonderfully emotive and insightful memoir.
Reviewer: Secutor
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A young girl grows up. Nothing new here.
Review: I bought because of the reviews touting the effect of her Dad's early death on her growing up. Didnât seem deeply integrated into the story. That said, the book is well written, a lot of common girl-grows-up tropes. Her experiences in the Israeli army added particular color and interest, but I found the story not up to the glowing reviews.
Reviewer: Kindle Customer
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Difficult to get into.I didn't like her for quite a while
Review: It takes time to really get this woman. Half the time you want her to find a good shrink.It took a long time for her to grow up. I am glad that she did.
Reviewer: karen Adele
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A BOOK YOU CANNOT PUT DOWN
Review: I loved this book.I had to pause many times to mark a passage.The writing is natural, her story is fascinating. I donât want to give too much away...I was surprised and drawnin by her search for meaning, a placeof belonging and a need for purposepunctuated by an openness about herrecklessness. On an immediate level her storyof a young girl missing her father,family ties, travels, the pictureof life in Israel and her search forroots and connectionsprofoundly moved me.She paints a vivid picture ofher Yemini ancestry and life in Israel.Ms. Tsabari is an immensely talentedwriter and I wanted to add my voiceto encourage others to read her book.
Reviewer: Jeffrey Harrow
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Memoir, contemporary Yemeni female writer with great talent for writing
Review: Bought this for a book club selection. Pleasantly surprised. The author paints wonderful pictures in a light-hearted way. Too often autobiographies are serious and somber. Another good point is that the timeline skips around a lot. Even more amazing is that she writes this in her third language, directly, not in her native language and then translates. I am inspired to read more from this author.
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Old and musty copy
Reviewer: Lauren Goren
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Loved the writing and style of stand-alone short stories that came together to paint a cohesive, rich narrative.
Reviewer: Ms. J. H. Mundler
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Excellent.
Reviewer: Judith Limkilde
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I probably would not have finished this book but it was a book club selection so I felt obligated. I appreciated the honesty in some of the passages but felt too much time was spent almost naval gazing on her wandering life. I am not sure what the purpose of this book was for the reader
Reviewer: Jackie
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Interesting story and her writing is inspiring and deserving any readersâ time.