The Wolf Hunt
Lilach has it all: a beautiful home in the heart of Silicon Valley, a successful husband and stable marriage, and a teenage son, Adam, with whom she has always felt a particular closeness. Israeli immigrants, the family has now lived in the U.S. long enough that they consider it home. But after a brutal attack on a local synagogue shakes their sense of safety, Adam unexpectedly enrolls in a self-defense class taught by a former Israeli Special Forces officer and finds a new sense of confidence and belonging.
Then, tragedy strikes again when an African American boy dies at a house party.Rumours begin to circulate that the death was not accidental, and that Adam and his new friends had a history with Jamal. And soon Lilach is questioning everything she thought she knew about her son.Could her worst fears be possible? Could her quiet, reclusive child have had something to do with Jamal's death?
The Wolf Hunt is a heartstopping journey through the dark secrets we hide from those we love most.
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen is an award-winning novelist based in Israel. A clinical psychologist, she has also worked for the Israeli civil rights movement and is an award-winning screenwriter. She is the author of One Night, Markovitch, Waking Lions, which won the JQ-Wingate Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book, and Liar, which are all published by Pushkin Press. Her novels have been translated into over 15 languages.
Author: Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
Format: Paperback, 288 pages, 135mm x 216mm, 292 g
Published: 2023, Pushkin Press, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Lilach has it all: a beautiful home in the heart of Silicon Valley, a successful husband and stable marriage, and a teenage son, Adam, with whom she has always felt a particular closeness. Israeli immigrants, the family has now lived in the U.S. long enough that they consider it home. But after a brutal attack on a local synagogue shakes their sense of safety, Adam unexpectedly enrolls in a self-defense class taught by a former Israeli Special Forces officer and finds a new sense of confidence and belonging.
Then, tragedy strikes again when an African American boy dies at a house party.Rumours begin to circulate that the death was not accidental, and that Adam and his new friends had a history with Jamal. And soon Lilach is questioning everything she thought she knew about her son.Could her worst fears be possible? Could her quiet, reclusive child have had something to do with Jamal's death?
The Wolf Hunt is a heartstopping journey through the dark secrets we hide from those we love most.
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen is an award-winning novelist based in Israel. A clinical psychologist, she has also worked for the Israeli civil rights movement and is an award-winning screenwriter. She is the author of One Night, Markovitch, Waking Lions, which won the JQ-Wingate Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book, and Liar, which are all published by Pushkin Press. Her novels have been translated into over 15 languages.