Author Description

What gives us the strength to choose life?How do we transform negative thoughts into positive ones?How do we cope with uncertainty?How can we maintain our optimism even during times of crisis?These struggles are part of the courageous story of Bat-Galim Shaer who shares her reactions of the events and emotions over the years beginning with the day that her son, Gil-ad, was kidnapped with Naftali Frenkel and Eyal Yifrach, in the summer of 2014, in Gush Etzion.In a personal and touching diary, Bat-Galim describes those days; the hope that accompanied her and her family, and the insights she developed that enabled her to continue living and holding on to life in the most productive manner possible. Expecting My Child: A Mother’s Longing is a book that provides a positive outlook of a complex reality that leaves the readers with introspections about themselves and their place in the society surrounding them. It presents a breath of optimism to life. It is a story of a mother and a nation who wish to live a life of meaning despite the pain, a life of happiness despite the difficulty - a story that reflects the best of Israeli society and its power and uniqueness as a nation as was revealed that summer, 2014.