Gitel's Freedom 9781743219171 At a planet called Paradies

At a planet called Paradies orbiting the red giant star Aldebaran

'Heir of Storms is everything I've been craving in a YA fantasy

from the wise matriarch Nana

At its heart is a brave epic about what it means to exist on the fringes of society and to reckon with the wounds that haunt our collective soul

a lifetime later

Gitel's Freedom 9781743219171 At a planet called ParadiesAbout Gitel's Freedom By Iris Mitlin Lav At an early age, Gitel questions the expected roles of women in society and in Judaism. Born in Belorussia and brought to the US in 1911 as a child, she leads a life constrained by her religious Jewish parents. Forbidden from going to college and pushed into finding a husband, she marries Shmuel, an Orthodox Jewish pharmacist whose left wing politics she admires. They plan to work together in a neighborhood