BESTSELLER
Mickey Milo used to
have an ordinary, organized life: two talented children, a successful husband,
a pleasant job and a nice home. Until she got a phone call: her young son, a
high-school student, has accidentally shot and killed his best friend with his
father’s gun. The tragedy shatters Mickey's world and she feels that everything
she has built is collapsing. The neighbors in their small village are all
talking, the media hound the family, good friends turn their backs, and even
her husband doesn’t see eye to eye with her about how to handle the situation.
Mickey is forced to get hold of herself, look squarely at the conflicts and lies
in her life, and battle for her home. Not easy, because she has to change from
being a house cat with perfect manicure and immaculate appearance into a
tigress baring her claws to defend everything that is dear to her.
With consummate skill,
sensitivity and a meticulous eye for subtlety, Yael Tevet Klagsbald opens up
the contents of a contemporary Israeli Pandora’s Box, giving us a close-up of
an apparently model family when one of its members causes a tragedy. Most
fascinating is the portrait of Mickey, who finds the inner strength to do battle
and insist on her rights without relying on others.
Flying Tiger is an engrossing and
very readable novel that captivates the reader from the very first page.
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REVIEWS
Flying Tiger will conquer the bestseller lists … It is an engrossing book, very well written, suspenseful and disturbing. It is harsh and yet full of self-deprecatory humor, it is easy to read but multi-layered.
Author & journalist Dov Alfon
Tevet Klagsbald isn’t afraid to go deep into the
relationship between spouses, between siblings, between a nuclear family and
their elderly parents, between the past and the present, and mostly, between
parents and their children. She does this smartly and honestly, without losing
pace for one moment, which makes this novel a page-turner and a first-rate
read.
Adi Shtamberger, The
Jerusalem Post
Flying Tiger is a powerful book.
It is another work in the classical tradition of universal moral tales, but
this time in a very Israeli version … A compelling book … A book that will
intrigue its readers and make them think. It is readable, clever, surprising …
A serious work of art.
Gal Uchovsky, Mako
Yael Tevet Klagsbald
relates a realistic story. She does not write in clichés, and neither in a
one-dimensional way … The readers can identify with the people in the story …
Tevet Klagsbald describes the characters in the story with all of their layers
and, out of an understanding of the psychological nuances, she has produced a
book that is thought-provoking and is not boring for even one moment.
Heftsi Rublin, Makor
Rishon
Tevet Klagsbald does
excellent work in her use of language; she is precise, flowing and supplies the
essential basis of credibility for the story …The book has considerable drawing
power … Flying Tiger is a very readable book, very up to date, and most
importantly, very Israeli.
Aharon Lapidot, Israel
Hayom
The intriguing
beginning, on the verge of the grotesque, captivated me … There’s no doubt that
the biographical lines of the book are also the secret of its success and of
its becoming a bestseller.
Alit Karp, Haaretz
The book has the
potential for becoming a movie … After I picked it up, I refused to put it
down. A gripping, wonderful book. It is written in a captivating way. A good
book … I also cried quite a bit … I
really liked the woman who tells the story … Very powerful.
Ayala Hasson, Kol
Israel 2
It grabs you from the
first moment … I enjoyed it very much … A marvelous book.
Iris Kol, Radio
103.FM
It is a touching personal story
of a mother fighting for her home, most enjoyable.
Alona
Barkat, Globes
Go and get the book TFlying Tiger by Yael Tevet Klagsbald, because you simply won’t be able to put it
down. Tevet Klagsbald, with the hand of a master craftsperson, shapes a
sensitive and very precise novel out of the most explosive materials of the
Israeli reality. Don’t miss it.
Odetta Schwartz, Maariv
A sweeping book… Thrilling.
Dafna Levy, Laisha
A very well made multi-layered work. Although it is tempting
to gulp it down quickly, I took my time reveling in it, shaken from one climax
to the next, swept along into the powerful and unusual story.
Journalist Vered Ramon Rivlin
Meticulously written. Like a cup filled to the brim, without
a single drop spilling over.
Journalist Amnon Abramovich
A novel written in the language of human beings that makes
one want to go on reading. There is no compliment greater than that … It is
evident that the writer knew how to knead the ingredients of life and create
out of them something new and good, leaving a desire for more.
Psychologist and columnist Varda Raziel-Jacont
With impressive
literary skill, Tevet Klagsbald opens up a bursting Pandora’s Box bearing the
label, “Family Crisis.” With sensitivity and precision, she draws the
experience of disaster and the crisis that comes in its wake. A book that is
written in light, original, very Israeli language. The kind of book that makes
you reflect quite a bit when you’ve finished it, and mostly feel sorry that it
is over.
Nana 10
There are books that
in the first few pages rapidly take the readers into the nooks and crannies of
the plot quickly and grip them so tightly that they can’t stop reading. In Flying Tiger this happens even more
quickly … A penetrating, intriguing and fascinating family drama.
Playbuzz
With nuanced
expression, the narrator presents her thoughts and feelings and her insights
about the people around her. She is wonderful at analyzing her situations,
qualities and psychological processes and those of her husband and her
children. All this dovetails with a suspenseful plot.
Adina Bar-El, Hadshot
Ben Ezer
In flowing,
up-to-the-minute Hebrew, the novel sweeps the reader into a dramatic whirlpool
of incidents, with a surprising ending.
Avi Dassa, Olam
Haisha
