Linda & Gerald Marsden Partners with the Community Presents Zeeva Bukai

When Love Crosses the Lines History Has Drawn.

In the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, a Jewish man and a Palestinian woman find themselves caught between love, identity, family, and a conflict larger than themselves.

Zeeva Bukai's The Anatomy of Exile is a modern-day Romeo and Juliet story exploring what happens when personal connection collides with generations of history and division.

Winner of the 2026 National Jewish Book Award for Debut Fiction, the novel transforms a complex historical and political landscape into an intimate story about the people living within it.

Why This Book Will Stay With You

• Experience the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through an intimate human story

• Explore love and loyalty across cultural and political divides

• Consider how history shapes families, relationships, and identity

• Discover an award-winning new voice in Jewish fiction

• Continue the conversation beyond the final page

Two People. Two Worlds. One Love That Defies the Lines Between Them.

A powerful story about what happens when the heart refuses to recognize the boundaries history has created.

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