{"product_id":"borrowed-blessing","title":"Borrowed Blessing","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Roboto Light';\"\u003eA Novel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Roboto Light';\"\u003e“What do you want from me?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Roboto Light';\"\u003eIt’s hard to bend over with a broken arm. It’s hard to pick up things that someone has taken out of my bag. It’s hard to be suspected of theft. It’s hard to deny it without crying. It’s hard. “What do you want from me?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Roboto Light';\"\u003e“You’ve already been here close to ten times, \u003ci\u003egeveret\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Roboto Light';\"\u003eThe saleswoman does not soften her stance towards me. Not even in the face of the glaring difference in position. She stands tall. I am crouched on the floor, wretched as I have never been in my life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Roboto Light';\"\u003e“You’ve never bought anything. Not a pacifier, not a blanket, not a stroller. Nothing.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Roboto Light';\"\u003eShe shoots arrows from her mouth, aiming them at me. One by one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Roboto Light';\"\u003e*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Roboto Light';\"\u003e“Goodbye, little treasure.” The whisper burns in my ear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Roboto Light';\"\u003e“It’s only for a little while. Don’t worry, you’ll be fine in the meantime, maybe even better than…” Leah’s whisper is silent, dying.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Roboto Light';\"\u003eAshi squirms in my arms. His little mouth twists, preparing to cry. Don’t cry, child, I silently beg him. Look at your mother’s wounded conscience—don’t hurt it even more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Roboto Light';\"\u003e*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Roboto Light';\"\u003eBorrowed Blessing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Roboto Light';\"\u003eThis is the story of Tammy, and of her husband Yisrael, of Leah, Libby, Ashi, Ruchama, and Yaakovi.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Roboto Light';\"\u003eEach one of them will ask. • And will receive. • And will take.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Roboto Light';\"\u003eSometimes, they will remain without.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tfutza Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47886321549417,"sku":"LA578T","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0576\/5290\/4041\/files\/LA578T_a7969345-1f35-4197-a9ce-59154fdc4656.gif?v=1786380968","url":"https:\/\/israelbookshoppublications.com\/products\/borrowed-blessing","provider":"Israel Bookshop Publications","version":"1.0","type":"link"}