The Wolf Hunt

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Award-winning author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen returns with a powerfully compelling novel about a mother who begins to suspect her teenage son of committing a terrible crimeLilach seems to have it all: a beautiful home in the heart of Silicon Valley, a happy marriage and a close relationship with her teenage son, Adam. But when a local synagogue is brutally attacked, her shy, reclusive son is compelled to join a self-defense class taught by a former Israeli Special Forces officer. And when a Black teenager dies, rumours begin to circulate that Adam and his new friends might have been involved.As scrutiny invades Lilach's peaceful home, and her family's stability is threatened, she is forced to reckon with a devastating question: do you ever really know what your child is capable of

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'A meditation on paranoia and belonging. Gundar-Goshen, a clinical psychologist and author of the acclaimed Waking Lions and Liar, shows how a tragedy exposes problems in seemingly happy lives. She is adept at drawing out the fragility of identity' - Financial Times

'The Wolf Hunt succeeds thanks to the sheer strength and complexity of Lilach's fraught, acutely self-critical character, racked by the competing demands of motherhood and morality... lithe, observant prose' - Literary Review

'Psychology graduate Gundar-Goshen ensnares her characters in some heart-stopping moral dilemmas in this sharp, compassionate tale of race, identity and a mother's dark fears' - Mail on Sunday

'It's not every day a writer like this comes our way' - Guardian

'There is a heartbreaking timeliness about this powerful and disturbing thriller' - Christena Appleyard

Author Bio

AYELET GUNDAR-GOSHEN was born in Israel in 1982. She is a practising clinical psychologist, has been a news editor on Israel's leading newspaper and has worked for the Israeli civil rights movement. One Night, Markovitch, her first novel, won the Sapir Prize for best debut. Her novel Waking Lions was a New York Times Book of the Year and won the Wingate Prize, and her novel Liar was Editor's Choice in People magazine. All of her novels are available from Pushkin Press.SONDRA SILVERSTON is a native New Yorker who has lived in Israel since 1970. She has translated works by Amos Oz, Etgar Keret and Eshkol Nevo. Her translation of Amos Oz's Between Friends won the 2013 National Jewish Book Award for fiction.