Looking Back

A Novel

“Maybe just as we cultivated independence in Shimi, we cultivated dependence in Mindy?”– Zehava
“Sometimes I ask myself if anyone besides me is still sad that Yechezkel is gone.”– Yocheved
“Can I really say I checked everything the way I would have checked it if it had been my own money?”– Shaul
“Children grow up, and I know the rule now: keep quiet.”– Yocheved

Family is never as simple as the roles we assign.

Children grow up. Parents grow older. And the dilemmas may change, but they do not disappear.

When is love expressed by stepping in — and when by stepping back?
When does helping become interfering?
Can old friendships survive new wounds?
Can parents make peace with the mistakes they may have made?

In Looking Back, Sarah Malovitzsky, author of Un/Happy, Ice Cubes and The Greener Path, brings her trademark honesty and emotional depth to a compelling portrait of the families we build, the relationships that shape us, and the courage it takes to keep growing at every stage of life.