Joined On: Jun 22, 2009
Last Online: Jun 22, 2009

Yael Politis

is currently reading Testimony by Anita Shreve, Remembering Laughter by Wallace Stegner, Bearing the Body by Ehud Havatze.

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Location:

Pardes Hanna, Israel

About Me:

I was born in Michigan and since 1973 have lived in Israel, where I have worked as an Administrative Systems Analyst, high school and college English teacher, Technical and Marketing Writer and Editor, and Hebrew-English translator. I am currently employed as a Proposal Writer and Editor. The Lonely Tree is my first novel.

Achievements:

Have survived life on the planet so far.
Brought up two wonderful children and now have four great grandkids.
Have kept my good friends.
Wrote a novel that received a 2009 Book of the Year Award from YouWriteOn

Favorites

Authors:

Richard Russo
Barbara Kingsolver
Anita Shreve
Wallace Stegner
Anne Tyler
P.D. James
Mark Twain

Books:

The Lonely Tree by me
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Exodus by Leon Uris

Interests:

Reading, writing, Israeli folkdancing, drawing

Quotes:

"Holding a grudge is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die." Unfortunately, I don't know who said it.

Books (1)

The Lonely Tree
Genre: Historical Fiction