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Daughters of Jerusalem

By Charlotte Mendelson
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Daughters of Jerusalem by Charlotte Mendelson is a gripping novel set amidst the crumbling yellow stone of Oxford and its prestigious university. It explores themes of hidden love, hate, the desire to belong, and the need for escape through the intertwined lives of the Lux family. Jean, the constrained and guilt-ridden wife of an academic, awaits excitement that arrives unexpectedly. Her eldest daughter Eve is consumed by jealous rivalry toward her younger sister, while Raymond, an antagonistic academic, shows surprising interest in Eve. Additionally, Helena, Jean's best friend, holds a life-changing secret that could alter the family's future.
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Daughters of Jerusalem will appeal to readers who enjoy literary fiction with complex family dynamics, dark humour, and sharp social observations, especially those fond of campus settings and psychological drama.

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Behind a crumbling facade of normality, secrets begin to stir within the Lux family home in Charlotte Mendelson's prize-winning novel Daughters of Jerusalem

The beautiful, hilarious, prize-winning second novel from acclaimed author Charlotte Mendelson.

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Beautifully written and bitingly funny, Charlotte Mendelson's prize-winning Daughters of Jerusalem is a gripping novel of hidden love and hate, of the desire to belong, and the need for escape.

Amidst the crumbling yellow stone of Oxford and its prestigious university, secrets are stirring within the Lux family home...

Jean, the constrained and guilt-ridden wife of an academic, is waiting for excitement – and it will come from an unexpected source.

Eve, Jean's intelligent eldest daughter, luxuriates in wounded murderous jealousy of her younger sister and is on the brink of snapping.

Raymond, the loathed rival of Jean's husband, begins to show interest in Eve.

And Helena, Jean's best friend, has a confession, the revelation of which may just alter everyone's lives forever.

Brilliant and witty... Mendelson's second bewitchingly erotic and darkly dramatic novel confirms her as a stylish, perceptive chronicler of the heart's hidden desires - Daily Mail

Superb... funny, exciting, lyrical, poignant, redemptive - Guardian

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This novel has been praised as "deliciously waspish" and "hilarious" by The Sunday Times, offering a wickedly joyful experience. The Guardian calls it a "superb, hilarious farce" filled with excitement and lyricism. The Daily Mail notes Mendelson as a "stylish, perceptive chronicler of the heart's hidden desires," while The Independent describes the book as "brilliant," "exhilarating," and memorably written. The Daily Telegraph lauds it as an engaging blend of campus satire and domestic drama, dubbing it a "blue-stocking thriller." The Observer highlights the luscious prose and droll comedy, likening it to "Miss Marple meets Rosamond Lehmann."

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ISBN: 9781035020188

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 August 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Picador

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 240g

Pages: 336

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About the Author

Charlotte Mendelson's novels include Daughters of Jerusalem, When We Were Bad, Almost English, and The Exhibitionist. She has won both the Somerset Maugham Award and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, has been longlisted for the Man Booker, and has been longlisted and shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. She is also the author of one work of non-fiction, Rhapsody in Green, and is the gardening correspondent for The New Yorker. She lives in London.

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