The Waiting Room - by Leah Kaminsky (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"A multi-generational novel perfect for fans of The Tiger's Wife and A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Leah Kaminsky's wry fiction debut unfolds over a day in the life of a young physician in contemporary Israel, who must cope with modern threats under the shadow of her parents' horrific wartime pasts"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>"<em>The Waiting Room</em> is both haunted, and haunting."--Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of <em>March</em></strong></p><p><strong>The Waiting Room <em>unfolds over the course of a single, life-changing day, but the story it tells spans five decades, three continents, and one family's compelling history of love, war, and survival</em></strong></p><p>As the daughter of Holocaust survivors, Dina's present has always been haunted by her parents' pasts. She becomes a doctor, emigrates, and builds a family of her own, yet no matter how hard she tries to move on, their ghosts keep pulling her back. A dark, wry sense of humor helps Dina maintain her sanity amid the constant challenges of motherhood and medicine, but when a terror alert is issued in her adopted city, her coping skills are pushed to the limit.</p><p> </p><p>Interlacing the present and the past over a span of twenty-four hours, <em>The Waiting Room</em> is an intense exploration of what it means to endure a day-to-day existence defined by conflict and trauma, and a powerful reminder of just how fragile life can be. As the clock counts down to a shocking climax, Dina must confront her parents' history and decide whether she will surrender to fear, or fight for love.</p><p> </p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p><em>The Waiting Room</em> unfolds over the course of a single life-changing day, but the story it tells spans five decades, three continents, and one family's compelling history of love, war, and survival.</p><p>As the daughter of Holocaust survivors, Dina's present has always been haunted by her parents' past. She becomes a doctor, emigrates, and builds a family of her own, yet no matter how hard she tries to move on, their ghosts keep pulling her back. A dark, wry sense of humor helps Dina maintain her sanity amid the constant challenges of motherhood and medicine, but when a terror alert is issued in her adopted city, her coping skills are pushed to the limit.</p><p>Interlacing the present and the past over a span of twenty-four hours, <em>The Waiting Room</em> is an intense exploration of what it means to endure a day-to-day existence defined by conflict and trauma, and a powerful reminder of just how fragile life can be. As the clock counts down to a shocking climax, Dina must confront her parents' history and decide whether she will surrender to fear, or fight for love.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"<em>The Waiting Room</em> is a moving and riveting story of a woman perched between the shadow of the past and a fragile reality in her adopted homeland. In the tradition of the finest physician-novelists, Leah Kaminsky writes with precision, authenticity, and profound insight."--Amy Gottlieb, author of <em>The Beautiful Possible</em><br><br>"<em>The Waiting Room</em> is about Jewish lives, past, present and future.... Readers get snippets of all these rich lives, and a tapestry of characters is born.... The story pulls you in."--<em>New York Journal of Books</em><br><br>"[A] spectacular fiction debut.... A moving psychodrama."--<em>Jewish Telegraphic Agency</em><br><br>"[Kaminsky] brings to the story so much verisimilitude, so much reality, that we can't take our eyes off the page. Her descriptions are rich and vibrant . . . [Kaminsky] is able to weave the surreal throughout her story in such a way that scenes burgeon with timelessness."--<em>The Forward</em> online<br><br>"A sharp novel.... Explores intergenerational trauma with approachable simplicity."--Ilana Masad, <em>Slate</em><br><br>"An assured debut.... Compelling, moving and memorable."--Graeme Simsion, author of <em>The Rosie Project</em><br><br>"An evocative tale."--<em>Moment Magazine</em><br><br>"Kaminsky uses the events of one day...to dramatize what it means to live under constant threat. ... [She] brings Dina into sharp focus, while her ghostly mother serves as a strong secondary character, in order to vividly personalize stark news reports."--<em>Booklist</em><br><br>"Kaminsky's prose is deft and delicate, and this novel tackles the haunting of the Holocaust with a tough and remarkably unsentimental gaze."--MJ Hyland, Man Booker Prizer shortlisted author of <em>Carry Me Down</em><br><br>"Leah Kaminsky is a writer on whom nothing is lost. There are many lives, many worlds, and many days in the single day she depicts in <em>The Waiting Room</em>. The novel is a masterful debut."--Joseph Skibell, author of <em>A Curable Romantic</em><br><br>"Potent.... <em>The Waiting Room</em> is both haunted, and haunting."--Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of <em>March</em> and <em>The Secret Chord</em><br><br>"She's an evocative storyteller, and she's sensitive to the intersections between physical and emotional pain and the way that memory intrudes upon daily reality."--<em>Kirkus</em><br><br>"The book offers enormous insights into being the child of survivors, but it is also a novel of Israel."--Jweekly.com<br><br>"The personal, the political and the medical wrestle with history in this page-turning novel. An engrossing tale that is both acutely worldly and fiercely introspective."--Danielle Ofri, MD, author of <em>What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine</em><br><br>"Vivid, riveting, authentic with emotion and conflict."--Jerome Groopman, M.D.<br>
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