Ija Mia delivers an accurate, flamboyant and often stormy depiction of three generations of Israeli women. We meet our
first heroine, Becka Bachar, shortly before giving birth to Geula with the help of an Arab neighbor, amidst riots in the city of Jaffa
at the turn of the 20th century. Becka provides for her family by selling cakes and fortune telling. Geula becomes a business woman,
while her daughter, Mia Feldman, a successful concert pianist, takes us to the boulevards of Paris, Lima and New York.
All three women suffer deep romantic loss in this fascinating literary and historical journey which departs from young Tel Aviv and returns at the beginning of a new century.
“Oshrat Kotler Bengal captivated me with her engaging historical novel which allowed me to step into the shoes of
compelling characters and experience the colorful and sensual world of Bulgarian emigrants in Tel Aviv from the 1920’s to the present.”
Yochi Brandes, celebrated author of Akiva’s Orchard.
