Last Chance, a novel

the long version

Enter the inner world of older singlehood in the Orthodox community. Estelle Bruner and Sheila Liepzig couldn't be more different, yet both are caught in the same predicament. Both are still single, still searching -- though at age 42, Estelle is beginning to lose hope. Will she ever merit a husband and a home? She struggles to reshape her inner landscape, yet finds that giving up long-held convictions is anything but easy. Elchanan Hacohen moves across the ocean to pursue his dreams -- while Yerachmiel Kantor is convinced that it's just a matter of time before his come true, so why should he engage in fruitless introspection? -- back cover