Grace Paley’s Glad Day Books to re-issue Edges: O Israel O Palestine by Leora Skolkin-Smith

Thetford, VT, — After selling out of two successive print runs, Leora Skolkin-Smith’s intoxicating novel about a young girl’s personal and political discovery in 1960’s Israel and Palestine is being re-released in a new edition by Glad Day Books. “Well-written, powerful in both imagery and subject matter.”

—Jewish Book World

“This is an intimate and compelling portrait of ordinary people caught in an extraordinary time and place.” —Robert Gray, Fresh Eyes Now

“Edges is an elegantly written, moving novel that has a lot to say about love, identity, history and the meaning of nationality. The book is worth reading alone for its superb language, but it is gripping and unforgettable as well in its story telling and evocation of place and emotions. It is a wonderful novel by an author with an accomplished voice and style, one well deserving a wide and receptive audience.” —Oscar Hijuelos

Aside from garnering critical acclaim, Edges was awarded a stipend from the PEN/Faulkner Foundation’s National Schools Program, was a Bloomsbury Review “Favorite Book of the Last 25 Years,” and a selection of both the National Women’s Studies Association Conference and the Jewish Book Council. The book has also been optioned for a feature film to be shot on location in Jerusalem and will be available in an audio edition, narrated by stage and screen actress Tovah Feldshuh, next month.

About the Author

Leora Skolkin-Smith has received grants from The New York State Council on the Arts, The Department of Cultural affairs,Patricia Kind Foundation, Robert Gage Foundation. The Millay Colony for the Arts, The Vermont Studio Center, PEN American Center, and Art-Without-Walls. She was awarded a Teaching Fellowship for graduate work at Sarah Lawrence College where she holds a BA and MFA in writing. A Pushcart Prize nominee, Skolkin-Smith’s writing has appeared in Persea: An International Review and The Sarah Lawrence Review. Edges is her first published novel. For more information, please visit the author’s web site at www.leoraskolkinsmith.com