Publisher's Synopsis
It's August 1972, and after nearly a year of knowing his new friend, Janie Hanzlicek, Ryan has been invited by her family to witness her bat mitzvah in the historic city of Jerusalem, formulating a web of lies and exaggerations to help keep the truth away from his relatives.Once there, he is introduced to Janie's skeptical and deeply religious uncle, Ephraim, a veteran of World War II and the Arab-Israeli conflict. It is here that Ryan must prove himself to Janie's conservative relatives, while also taking his first glance at a war that has lasted thousands of years.
