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In her gloriously rendered novel, in the kings arms, sonia taitz writes passionately and wisely about outsiders, and what happens when worlds apart slam into each other. It s a great opportunity to get them talking about all sorts of behind the sceney kind. Vanity fair essayist and critic jesse kornbluth dubbed sonia taitz the the female, jewish evelyn waugh surpassing marti. Her latest novel is great with child mcwitty press, april 11, 2017. Sonia taitz talks about in the kings arms, love, loss, and what she wrote i raved about sonia taitz s novel in my book column at, and im absolutely honored to have her here talking about the writing process. Sonia taitz is the author of in the king s arms, and her previous book mothering heights garnered her praise as an incisive, funny writer people who is both wise and witty publishers weekly and was cited in o. With her latest book down under coming out soon, author, sonia taitz, yup, of the watchmakers daughter fame discusses the drawbacks of ereaders, the infinite benefits of writing and some intimate disclosures about mel gibson describe a teacher who had an impact on you. In the kings arms is a beautiful story about lovers from two different cultures. Jewish book world and jesse kornbluth of vanity fair, who ranks sonia taitz above. Time out calls it a modern romeo and juliet tale worthy of shakespeare.