Sheba's Children

When Yossi and Dana emerge as Assefa and Dahnay Bogale at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, dressed in traditional Ethiopian garb and speaking fluent Amharic, they’ve only just begun a journey that  will take the Israeli couple from a sentimental roots tour to a gun-toting ride in the middle of the night in  another country across the Red Sea. Will this mission truly be their last together? What is the secret that threatens to tear them apart? 

Meanwhile a young girl languishes in Sana’a, Yemen, as her father abandons his Jewish traditions and chews the intoxicating qat leaf with his friends. Will he wait for his daughter to leave, or will he coerce her into a marriage with one of the local men, and send her mother away to the Al-Amal psychiatric hospital? And what will happen to the elderly great-grandmother if her remaining family disintegrates?

Estelle Chasen has done it again with this suspense thriller that combines a fascinating lesson in Ethiopian and Yemenite Jewish culture and history with a page-turning story and compelling characters.  As the two stories intertwine and spiral to a fateful conclusion, Sheba’s Children educates, entertains, and inspires       readers of all ages.

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