| The Lemon Tree: | | | | the spirits are talking to us and reminding us |
| Author: Ilil Arbel | | | | never to forget where we came from in order to |
| Publisher: iUniverse | | | | know where we are going.Ilil`s admirable ear |
| ISBN: 0595339824With the advent of | | | | attuned to the rhythms of speech and her keen |
| self-publishing and the boutique or smaller publishing | | | | eye for images, vividly brings to life her mother`s |
| houses, there has been a proliferation of personal | | | | narration of the death of the latter`s little brother |
| biographies and memoirs. | | | | Sasha, who, before his death, had planted a lemon |
| This is not necessarily bad omen, as narratives | | | | seed in a flower pot, hoping one day to be able |
| recounted by ordinary people are very often | | | | to transplant a lemon tree to Israel.Most |
| more engrossing than those pertaining to those of | | | | significantly, while facing persecution and |
| many well-known individuals, who may have lived | | | | immeasurable obstacles, Ida`s family, the |
| during the same era and within the same | | | | Wissotzkys, exhibit immense courage, overcoming |
| geographical location.Readers will recognize that | | | | difficulties and pain, as they travel with their |
| there seems to be a more exacting blueprint of | | | | beloved lemon tree plant from Siberia through |
| lives and experiences of these unknown | | | | Manchuria, Shanghai, Port Said and eventually |
| individuals, as they probe into their own | | | | arriving in Israel.Although, it is sometimes very |
| personalities and the events they encountered.The | | | | difficult to exactly remember the past, you can |
| Lemon Tree, authored by Ilil Arbel, is a | | | | still, to a certain extent, recreate it by re-entering |
| remarkable example of this trend, wherein | | | | and reliving it with your memoirs, images and |
| fortunately, the author did not miss the | | | | imagination-thus leaving your descendants a |
| opportunity to take advantage of her mother, Ida | | | | treasured legacy. And herein lies the message of |
| Rosenfelds story telling skills, as she jotted down | | | | The Lemon Tree.Norm Goldman is the Editor of |
| her mothers tales of the family`s journey during | | | | Norm is also a travel writer and together with his |
| 1919 from their native home in Siberia to Israel, | | | | artist wife, Lily, they meld words with art focusing |
| or as it was known at the time, Palestine.The | | | | on romantic and wedding destinations.You can |
| result is a brief yet gracefully written work that | | | | read Norm`s articles and view Lily`s artwork at |
| deftly captures the way events happened, as if | | | | sketchandtravel. |