Fervor Audiobook

A magnificent The New York Times chilling and unforgettable story of a closeknit British Jewish family pushed to the brink when they suspect their daughter is a witch

Hannah and Eric Rosenthal are devout Jews living in North London with their three children and Erics father Yosef a Holocaust survivor Both intellectually gifted and deeply unconventional the Rosenthals believe in the literal truth of the Old Testament and in the presence of God and evil in daily life As Hannah prepares to publish an account of Yosefs years in wartorn Europeunearthing a terrible secret from his time in the campsElsie her perfect daughter starts to come undone And then in the wake of Yosefs death she disappears When she returns just as mysteriously as she left she is altered in disturbing ways

Witnessing the complete transformation of her daughter Hannah begins to suspect that Elsie has delved too deep into the labyrinths of Jewish mysticism and gotten lost among shadows But for Elsies brother Tovyah the truth is much simpler his sister is the product of a dysfunctional family obsessed with rituals traditions and unbridled ambition But who is right Is religion the cure for the disease or the disease itself And how can they stop the darkness from engulfing Elsie completely

Bristling with the energy of a great campus novel and the unsettling evershifting ground of a great horror tale Fervor is a powerful family storyand fans of Isaac Bashevis Singer and Stephen King alike will thrill to this superb modern folk tale Publishers Weekly starred review