King Solomon’s Troubles

Download or read book King Solomon’s Troubles written by Zoe Senesh and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both ancient and modern Israel are featured in this book. Stories about King Solomon, who built the first temple in ancient Jerusalem, are woven together with stories of four women and their men in modern-day Israel. Historical accounts say that King Solomon was extraordinarily wealthy and wise that he had the ability to seduce any woman he wanted, and that he had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines. He had it all--so why did he always yearn for more? Rachel is a twenty-fi rst-century enigma. A sex therapist with her own dark secrets, she spends her life helping others with their relationships. But her professional expertise hasn't magically healed her of her own pain and obsessions. The pursuit of happiness is just as challenging for her as it is for her clients. What's missing? Sarah is an American transplant to Israel whose confusion about men gets in the way of her desire to marry one; Fatima, a Muslim feminist who feels trapped in Jerusalem, knows she can have more; and Galit, a free-spirited Israeli woman, enjoys the company of men--a little too much. These women want to determine the direction of their lives, instead of letting others decide how they should live. In an act of literary time travel, author Zoe Senesh spins tales of the human condition, attesting that as far as the heart is concerned, little has fundamentally changed since Biblical times.