This may be the most powerfully relevant novel you will read all year. It combines global terrorism with an intensely personal story about a couple you can relate to; because they could be you, or someone you know and love.
Socially isolated and unconfident Atara Gelbstein, who has been transplanted from her comfort zone in North West London to Potters Bar because of her husband's job in a yeshiva, or religious college, is lonely and miserable. Her loving husband David, torn between wanting to make a success at his new career and wanting a happy fulfilled wife, encourages her to join a local woman's group. Reluctantly she agrees to go once, providing he promises not to mention it again if she hates it, as she expects to do. David is surprised when she comes home from the first meeting happy, even elated. But somehow changed. And not for the better. David, and her best friend from London Liebe Sonnenschein, are determined to find out more about The Group and why it has changed Atara so much. Not realizing that in doing so, they are uncovering far more sinister a world than just a way to pass a lonely evening...
What is behind the seemingly innocent façade of The Group?
Socially isolated and unconfident Atara Gelbstein, who has been transplanted from her comfort zone in North West London to Potters Bar because of her husband's job in a yeshiva, or religious college, is lonely and miserable. Her loving husband David, torn between wanting to make a success at his new career and wanting a happy fulfilled wife, encourages her to join a local woman's group. Reluctantly she agrees to go once, providing he promises not to mention it again if she hates it, as she expects to do. David is surprised when she comes home from the first meeting happy, even elated. But somehow changed. And not for the better. David, and her best friend from London Liebe Sonnenschein, are determined to find out more about The Group and why it has changed Atara so much. Not realizing that in doing so, they are uncovering far more sinister a world than just a way to pass a lonely evening...
What is behind the seemingly innocent façade of The Group?