Fairy Light in God’s Backyard: A Jerusalem Love Story

by Sarah Tuttle-Singer, foreword by Menachem Creditor

In a collection of essays, Tuttle-Singer writes a love letter to Jerusalem following a period of personal turmoil. She writes from inside the Old City’s pulse, before and after a devastating gas explosion destroyed her home and upended her family’s life. Through ancient stones, fairy lights, sirens, neighbors, grief, motherhood, faith, absurdity, and impossible kindness, she traces what it means to lose a sanctuary and begin again.

Author: Sarah Tuttle-Singer is a United States born media editor and writer who lives in Israel. She blogs at The Times of Israel, Kveller, Scary Mommy, Ladies’ Home Journal and TIME.com.