Book Club
Monday, Oct 5 • 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Virtual Book Club Circle
Dog
Monday, October 5, 6:30 PM PT
Join us for a conversation on Dog by Yishay Ishi Ron, a harrowing, semi-autobiographical novel about an Israeli combat officer returning from Gaza with severe PTSD.
Plagued by invisible wounds and moral injury, he spirals into heroin addiction and homelessness in Tel Aviv, until an unexpected bond with a stray dog offers a fragile path toward healing.
The novel explores trauma, survival, alienation, and the possibility of repair.
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