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Serenity Boat: A Novel Kindle Edition

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A moving, inspiring novel about a love story spun on the verge of a mental breakdown and the pain of an unhealed wound.

1996. She was an only child, the apple of her parents’ eyes, who enjoyed a strong, special bond with her father. The saga of a young girl who dream dreams and weaves her life in threads of pink, until the day a great tragedy hits.

Abruptly, her world is torn apart, and the earth opens its mouth, threatening to swallow her.

She, however, chooses to cling to her commitment and the infinite love she feels for her children in order to continue on the journey of life.

Slowly, out of the great abyss in her soul, a fresh new thread begins to spin a new reality: a love affair. A great love that envelops her, tying her in a powerful bond the likes of which she has never before experienced.

Serenity Boat is a book about love, pain and longing. An emotional and touching account read in one breath. A book that depicts a journey of survival through painful truths, tenderness, love, and compassion.

Length: 79 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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"The manuscript was read and reviewed by me and other editorial staff. Everyone found it to be a beautiful and touching poem, written with impressive talent and restraint." - Noa Manheim, Head of the Original Literature Section, published by Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, Dvir

"Sarit Brik's debut book, Serenity Boat, offers an unmediated reading experience that takes the reader, gently yet purposefully, into the most personal and private places in the writer's soul, which are to be found in the souls of all of us, the readers. Sarit Brik dares to weave here, in a surprisingly mature debut piece, a delicate creation, but at the same time full of power, pain and experience. A piece of work that is not afraid to look directly at the questions found at the heart of every person's being, poignant questions about love, family, friendship, compassion, and the tortuous paths of the heart and mind, all from a unique, subtle, refined, yet controlled, compassionate and loving perspective. One that knows how to ferry even the most difficult attempts on a boat of serenity, towards the personal growth, beauty and light on the opposite bank." Tamar Bialik, Editor of the book, Head of the Reading Department and Editor-in-Chief of Kinneret-Zmora, Bitan

"At the age of fifty, Sarit Brik decided to revisit the open wound of her life: the suicide of her father, Israel Railways CEO Ehud Hadar. That is how her debut novel Serenity Boat was born, from whose pages flows the special connection she enjoyed with her father." From the Culture Supplement of the Makor Rishon newspaper, by Keren Melamed Margalit

"Sarit Brik, whose father committed suicide while serving as the CEO of Israel Railways, wrote an autobiography to tell her children about the darker parts of her life." From La-Isha, a weekly magazine for women, by Orit Merlin-Rosenzweig

From the Author

I've always loved to write, but I really only started after my dad's suicide. For years I wrote for myself, for the drawer, as they say, out of necessity, like an inner voice I had to make heard in order to save myself from going insane. A kind of therapy, thanks to which I was able to deal with the pain. Then, two years before my fiftieth birthday, I realized it was time to edit my manuscripts into a book, otherwise it would be too late, and in my own obsessive way I did so. I worked feverishly twenty-four hours a day, almost without sleep. It caught me like a virus and would not let go. The time elapsed since the events allowed me to reach layers that I could not have gotten into before. My mind was at work all the time. Pictures and words ran through my head even before they were transcribed. The words were being pronounced inside me even before being written down. They were with me in the shower, in bed, while driving, everywhere. Then there were the endless hours in the study room where I turned the words around and around, trying to convey the images, the essence of the emotions, distilled, constrained and without mannerisms. A plethora of emotions, stories, associations, memories, and yearning.

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ASIN : B08L83Z5XB
Publication date : January 10, 2021
Language: : English
File size : 3499 KB
Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 79 pages
Lending : Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #45,330 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #304 in Psychological Literary Fiction
- #308 in Two-Hour Literature & Fiction Short Reads
- #516 in Women's Psychological Fiction

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‘At the end of the road, they discover they’re home.’

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2020

Israeli author Sarit Brik is an artist, actress and creator. SERENITY BOAT is her debut publication - a memoir cum novel ‘based on vignettes from my life,’. Her gifts as an artist are apparent in the book cover painting as well as other paintings on her website. In an interview she has stated that writing about soul and survival are important, and in this debut novel she certainly presents that passion well.

A poem, ’Resurrection,’ opens the novel, and sets the mood for the story that follows very well indeed: ‘I select pictures / From the journey of my life. / Distilling them / Into the essence of emotion. / Engrave and imprint / Words, and words / on white pages / I will be resurrected / Again and again.’

The ‘story’ is related in the third person, allowing recognition of a life being shared, without confining the reader’s imagination: self reflection makes the novel a mirror for comparison! In a rather unique manner of presentation, Sarit presents an indelible image: ‘Like a tightrope walker, blindfolded with a flimsy handkerchief, scented with intoxication perfumes, she strides barefoot along the length of the tightrope, erect and on her toes. As she moves, she stretches and lengthens her body, as if trying to reach the heavens. Throughout the hot summer months, she walks with him beneath the blazing sun with determination and ignores everything around her. Each step invigorates the one that follows. She grows form those strides, new forces throb throughout her being, and great happiness envelops her….’ In this first vignette the focus is one passionate love of her mate.

The book follows this pattern – poem then moments of memory and experience – through the phases of a pregnancy, incomplete as the baby’s heartbeat is inaudible to ultrasound, to response, and on and on. Sarit condenses the content of her book as follows: ‘A love story spun on the verge of a mental breakdown and the pain of an unhealed wound. 1996. She was an only child, the apple of her parents’ eyes, who enjoyed a strong, special bond with her father. The saga of a young girl who dreams dreams and weaves her life in threads of pink, until the day a great tragedy hits. Abruptly, her world is torn apart, and the earth opens its mouth, threatening to swallow her. She, however, chooses to cling to her commitment and the infinite love she feels for her children in order to continue on the journey of life. Slowly, out of the great abyss in her soul, a fresh new thread begins to spin a new reality: a love affair. A great love that envelops her, tying her in a powerful bond the likes of which she has never before experienced. Serenity Boat is a book about love, pain and longing. An emotional and touching account read in one breath. A book that depicts a journey of survival through painful truths, love, and compassion.’

Short in length, long on impact, this is a sensitive and tender artistic memoir. Grady Harp, October 20

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A wonderfully written and richly descriptive novel.

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2020

Serenity Boat by Sarit Brik is a wonderfully written and richly descriptive novel with brilliantly drawn characters driven by love, loss and tragedy. The author weaves a well-crafted romantic drama written around the personal tragedy she lived through with the suicide of her father. It’s an all-encompassing human dramatization that will captivate the reader from the first page to the last.

I enjoyed the story, character development, and dialogue. There were plenty of plot twists that I didn’t see coming and that added to the book’s mystique. When I stopped reading to work, I found myself wondering what happened in the book, and replaying parts of the novel in my head to see if I could figure more out. It has been a while since I enjoyed a book this much.

There’s no doubt that Serenity Boat is an exceptionally well written book. The contrast between tone and content is a characteristic talent of only a few authors. The author pays as much attention to her sentences as she does to her plots, shifting or consolidating meaning with the use of a single word. Her writing is impeccably honed, full of juxtapositions and qualifications that help to create a reflective and poetic atmosphere throughout. Highly recommended. I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.

11 people found this helpful

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S. Ramos Garcia

Great story but difficult to follow at times

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2020

I have some mixed feelings with this book. On the one hand, the story is very engaging and passionate, and you can truly feel Sarit's emotions through it. Reading her biography it all makes sense, and the story truly conveys all the ups and downs in her life.
However, I must say I am unsure about the strucutre. The mix between chapters and poetry, althoguh very original, was sometimes difficult to follow for me.
Reading other reviews I find not everyone had this problem so it might be a very personal thing, as I get easily distracted. Otherwise, the story was written in a very heart-felted way.

9 people found this helpful

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Abbigail Holmes

Very Poetic

Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2020

Even I am not a fan of love stories per se, I must admit that I took this book just to prove to myself that I can read something different than the books I usually read. And I was pretty suprised to discover that this is not a typical love story and that I'm glad to read it.
First, the way this story is written is great. Mix of poems and short chapters of poetic prose is a very efective way to present emotions and that is exactly what this book is about: pure, raw emotions poured in words and sentences. The author definitelly knows how to write: there are not sufficient words or parts of the book that should not be there. Everything is well dosed, just as it should be.

8 people found this helpful

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Tanyawriter

Getting broken

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2020

She had a wonderful life with a father she adores and they have a wonderful connection. One day it all changes sending her very close to a nervous breakdown. What happened? Can she get through it all? Will she have any help? See how she gets on
I received an advance copy from hidden gems and I want to review

8 people found this helpful

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Angie Hardy

Good

Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2020

A good book. I enjoyed it. I was given an arc for a honest review.

8 people found this helpful

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Karenb

Very emotional

Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2020

Very emotionally good. I loved a good emotionally charged bpok

8 people found this helpful

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Merry Jelks- Emmanuel

Emotionally Empowering

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2020

This is an empowering story that has your emotions in a twist. There is so much that can be said about this book from the way it draws you in right from the beginning to the emotions that it invokes. It is a well written story that reads like you are right there with the characters. You can feel the experiences that they are going through. This is such a thought provoking book and makes for a great book discussion! I voluntarily agreed to receive an ARC of this book for an honest review.

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Mr John P Akehurst

Couldn't put it down, read in one go

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 8, 2020

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I was enchanted by the descriptions of pregnancy and the love that the author has for her children. A pure unadulterated reflection on love, pain, loss and what it means to be a daughter and a mother.

2 people found this helpful

nofar a.

Best book of 2020!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 6, 2020

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Really enjoy reading this book. Didn’t stop crying! Made me think a lot about life’s meanings. Loved it!

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