Gabriella Goliger Boeken

Disillusioned by her father's strict Jewish beliefs and the rise of the Nazi regime, twelve-year-old Eva Salomon renounces all belief systems. Five years later, she and her father move to Palestine, where she grapples with skepticism while seeking a fresh start. However, her desire for personal freedom clashes with the collective expectations of her new homeland, leading to internal and external conflicts as she navigates her identity in a changing world.

Girl Unwrapped is a girl's coming-of-age story set in 1960s Montreal about the burdens and blessings of history, the divided self, and the quest to be whole. Toni Goldblatt's awakening to taboo desire conflicts with her Holocaust-scarred parents' expectations. Yearning to reinvent herself, she flees to Israel in the wake of the 1967 war, but the Zionist dream doesn't save her; only on her return, when she discovers kindred spirits in the underground lesbian bar scene, does Toni begin to find her own path. Girl Unwrapped is a novel about love, isolation, and the search for personal truth despite the stranglehold of family.