Sand and Steel: A Memoir of Longing and Finding Home

Exploring the complexities of identity and belonging, this memoir recounts the author's struggles as she navigates life between Israel and the United States. Following her return to a transformed kibbutz after the second Israeli-Lebanese war, she faces economic challenges that lead her to emigrate with her husband in search of a better future. However, upon arriving in America, she grapples with feelings of displacement and the stark realities of a homeland that feels foreign, deepening her sense of being lost between two worlds.