The Impersonator - A Novel

No response.

But after half a moment of shock, she heard him clearing his throat
"Wonderful. Okay, call the police - and I'll file a complaint against you
for harassment."

■ ■ ■

Mr. Michoel Perl's abandoned house on Emek Refa'im Street is concealing
a secret of some kind-or perhaps more than one. The secret tenant who
has taken up residence there cannot either understand what happened to the
owner. If Michoel is not there, and he left Mexico more than two months earlier,
then where is he?

But the answer is not clear to Mr. Perl himself, either...

Michoel's niece, Hinda, is very worried about him, but she has many other
worries to deal with too. Like her mentally ill son Yosef, who keeps fluctuating
between good days and worse ones. Or her estranged daughter Mali, whose
resentment over Yosef's condition does not seem to abate. Or her stepdaughters'
relationship with her - or lack thereof.

The Impersonator is a suspenseful yet touching story that takes readers on
a roller coaster ride through a dangerous cult in South Carolina to the psych
ward of an Israeli hospital...from the office of a kind rabbi in Canada to the
home of a wealthy Californian couple and their child prodigy daughter...and to
many other stops along the way! Most significantly, this book is the story of how
human warmth can melt barriers of any kind.

Originally serialized as Outside the Bubble