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In The Book of Ruth, the love between a daughter and her mother-in-law is stronger than anything else-sustaining and all consuming. Modeled on this biblical tale, Love Letters explores author Nitza Agam's own close relationship with her mother, Naomi.

Using a mixture of prose and poetry, Agam weaves patches of memories together to create a literary quilt depicting the two intertwined lives. She reflects on the lunches of tuna sandwiches and chocolate pudding her mother lovingly made her when Agam was a child, as well as her helplessness in the face of her mother's incurable...

This memoir tells the story of the author's life in Israel, New Jersey, and San Francisco. In particular, her life in Israel as a young adult was marked by the tragedy of losing her fiance to the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Angela Neff describes the memoir in a short description on the back cover: "The pain is so unbearable she has to leave Israel. But no matter where she lives, the love and loss of her life in Israel never leave her." The "scent of jasmine" is that particular fragrance of the Middle East, of hot summer nights, of streets in various Israeli cities, and symbolizes her journey and...