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- Haaretz, Mar 14, 2003 "Torture in the Bedroom" by Yitzhak Laor
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- Le Monde, Dec 16, 2005 "Amoureuse en Guerre" by Emilie Grangeray
- Globe and Mail, Mar 31, 2007 "A Child's Garden of Reading" by Susan Perren
- Canadian Literature, Autumn 2007 (194), "Beyond the Balagan" by Adrienne Kertzer
- Toronto Star, Oct. 7, 2007
