—Kirkus Reviews

“Engaging. . . . Carner renders Esther’s world with great authority and detail, revealing intimate familial rituals within the larger political and socioeconomic context.”

—Publishers Weekly

“Esther Kaminsky is a true heroine—talented, passionate, opinionated—and I wanted her to succeed on every page of this novel. But for me the truly marvellous thing about Jerusalem Maiden is how deeply Talia Carner is able to evoke Esther’s faith and the complexity of the choices she faces. A beautiful and timely novel.”

—Margot Livesey, author of The House on Fortune Street and Eva Moves the Furniture

“Jerusalem Maiden is at heart a story of revolution. . . . Talia Carner’s story captivates at every level, heart and mind.”

—Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean and Second Nature

“Jerusalem Maiden is a page-turning and thought-provoking novel. Extraordinary sensory detail vividly conjures another time and place; heroine Esther Kaminsky’s poignant struggle transcends time and place. The ultimate revelation here: for many women, if not most, 2011 is no different than 1911, but triumph is nonetheless possible.”

—Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of The Scenic Route

“Exquisitely told, with details so vivid you can almost taste the food and hear the voices, Jerusalem Maiden is a coming-of-age story set in a time and place that few of us know. Talia Carner has written a moving and utterly captivating novel that I will be thinking about for a long, long time.”

—Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Girl

“Jerusalem Maiden is a fascinating story of how a talented, artistic woman from a conservative faith must balance the responsibilities of her heritage against her passions for love and art. . . . This is a story that brings an elusive time and place to life and makes you question the strengths of your own beliefs.”

—Vanitha Sankaran, author of Watermark

“Talia Carner is a skillful and heartfelt storyteller who takes the reader on a journey of the senses, into a world long forgotten. Her story of a woman who struggles and seeks the light is universal and inspiring. Read this book and savor.”

—Jennifer Lauck, author of the New York Times bestseller Blackbird and the newly released Found: A Memoir

“Jerusalem Maiden won me over from the first moment I began reading it. . . . It is meticulously researched, and steeped in thorough knowledge, no less than deep understanding, of both this community and of the world of art in Paris at the beginning of the twentieth century. . . . I could not put it down.”

—Eva Etzioni-Halevy, author of The Triumph of Deborah, The Song of Hannah, and The Garden of Ruth

“Talia Carner’s Jerusalem Maiden is an exquisitely explosive journey back to the final days of the Ottoman Empire in Jerusalem. . . . It immerses us in a provocative and astonishingly realized world filled with evil spirits, arranged marriages, prayer, poverty, and the pain of breaking free.”

—Michelle Cameron, author of The Fruit of Her Hands

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