Fontanelle (Hebrew) / Michael Yoffe, 55, father of twins, and, in his opinion, the only normal person in the Yoffe family – tells the story of his life. It starts with his grandfather and grandmother who came to the valley - he was on foot, she was riding on his back and continues with the daughters of the family: Hannah, Michael’s mother, a fanatic vegetarian, who is betrayed by both her husband and her son; the beautiful Pnina, who was forced to give her son to her father and has locked herself in at home; Batya, who married a German and was deported, with him, to Australia, during World War II; and the small, smart Rachel, who, since her husband was killed in the Independence War (1948), has not been able to sleep aloneIn his uniquely lush and humorous style, Meir Shalev has written the ultimate saga.
