: Revenge: A Story of Hope
Author: Laura Blumenfeld
I received this audio book as a gift: I doubt I would have gotten it on my own, but it’s a fascinating story. It’s a true story, something I didn’t realize until partway through. It’s about an American woman who’s father is almost killed while on a trip to Israel. Years later, the daughter, now a journalist, travels to Israel on a quest for revenge. She wants to seek out the man who tried to kill her father. It sounds like an outrageous idea, especially for a woman (and considering her father wasn’t permanently injured). Laura questions her quest frequently, and in many places the book resembles a journal of her doubts and fears more than a story about revenge. Ultimately, it’s a story about healing as she meets the assassinŐs kind family (they don’t know her true identity) and she begins to communicate with him (she discovers he’s in prison for his crime). Fascinating, even more so considering it’s true, and especially in light with Sept. 11 and the recent freeing of Iraq.
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