Rue des Rosiers

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Publisher Coteau Books/Wolsak & Wynn (2019)

ISBN 9781550506990

A young Canadian woman’s search for her own identity brings her to Paris in 1982, and sets her on a collision course with an act of terror.

Sarah is the youngest of the three Levine sisters. At twenty-five, she is rudderless, caught in a paralysis which keeps her from seizing her own life. 

When Sarah is fired from her Toronto job, a chance stay in Paris opens her up to new direction and purpose. 

But when she reads the writing on the wall above her local Métro subway station, death to the Jews, shadows from childhood rise again. And as her path crosses that of Laila, a young woman living in an exile remote from the luxuries of 1980s Paris, Sarah stumbles towards to an act of terrorism that may realize her childhood fears. 

In this new novel by the author of The Knife Sharpener’s Bell, writing that is both sensual and taut creates a tightly woven, compelling narrative.

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NEWS!

Winner of  the Western Canada Jewish Book Awards Nancy Richler Memorial Prize for Fiction.

Short-listed for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.

Rue des Rosiers will stay with readers for a long time…the novel is a master-class in the intelligent handling of voice.” Paul Headrick, The Ormsby Review.

“Gripping new novel looks at how a violent event gives a woman her life. CanLit standout Vancouver’s Rhea Tregebov follows up her hit novel The Knife Sharpener’s Bell with her second work of fiction, Rue Des Rosiers.Dana Gee, Vancouver Sun.

“The novel is beautifully written and is one that I definitely will want to read again as the themes are so important for the times we are all living through.” – Lee Trentadue, Galiano Island Books  49th Shelf Shelf-Talkers Booksellers’ Spring Pick

Best book I’ve read in a long time. I loved this book. The story of three sisters is initially presented as a journey of character development wrapped in a quest for identity and definitions of humanity and life. Until.... This is a wonderful book that examines “the humanity in inhumanity.” I will be reading it again for the beautiful writing and for its wisdom.


Laura S., Amazon.ca online reader

Rhea Tregebov
2019-07-26T23:25:19-07:00

Laura S., Amazon.ca online reader

Best book I’ve read in a long time. I loved this book. The story of three sisters is initially presented as a journey of character development wrapped in a quest for identity and definitions of humanity and life. Until.... This is a wonderful book that examines “the humanity in inhumanity.” I will be reading it again for the beautiful writing and for its wisdom.

An engrossing story, wonderfully written. With Rue des Rosiers, Rhea Tregebov has told a story that is new to me and has left me considering the two sides to any coin. I enjoyed the characters, the settings, the stories and the wonderful writing – it's been a while since I read a book I was so reluctant to put down.


Susan Penumbra, Amazon.ca online reader

Rhea Tregebov
2019-07-26T23:26:28-07:00

Susan Penumbra, Amazon.ca online reader

An engrossing story, wonderfully written. With Rue des Rosiers, Rhea Tregebov has told a story that is new to me and has left me considering the two sides to any coin. I enjoyed the characters, the settings, the stories and the wonderful writing – it's been a while since I read a book I was so reluctant to put down.
"Rue Des Rosiers is not just an exemplary novel, it’s also an important book..."

Shelley A. Leedahl, SaskBooks Reviews

Rhea Tregebov
2019-08-25T13:11:14-07:00

Shelley A. Leedahl, SaskBooks Reviews

"Rue Des Rosiers is not just an exemplary novel, it’s also an important book..."
'"I believe Sarah, also, when in the midst of unspeakable horror, she does something 'unequivocally good. You will believe her – and Laila – too."

Shelley A. Leedahl, SaskBooks Review.

Rhea Tregebov
2019-08-25T13:13:15-07:00

Shelley A. Leedahl, SaskBooks Review.

'"I believe Sarah, also, when in the midst of unspeakable horror, she does something 'unequivocally good. You will believe her – and Laila – too."
Gripping new novel looks at how a violent event gives a woman her life. CanLit standout Vancouver's Rhea Tregebov follows up her hit novel The Knife Sharpener's Bell with her second work of fiction, Rue Des Rosiers.

Dana Gee, Vancouver Sun.

Rhea Tregebov
2020-03-06T13:44:59-08:00

Dana Gee, Vancouver Sun.

Gripping new novel looks at how a violent event gives a woman her life. CanLit standout Vancouver's Rhea Tregebov follows up her hit novel The Knife Sharpener's Bell with her second work of fiction, Rue Des Rosiers.
[...] a wholehearted literary love letter to the French city. Sarah is the proverbial free woman in Paris, “unfettered and alive”  ...

Norman Ravvin, CJN

Rhea Tregebov
2020-03-06T14:01:19-08:00

Norman Ravvin, CJN

[...] a wholehearted literary love letter to the French city. Sarah is the proverbial free woman in Paris, “unfettered and alive”  ...
"Rue des Rosiers will stay with readers for a long time...the novel is a master-class in the intelligent handling of voice." Paul Headrick, The Ormsby Review.

Rhea Tregebov
2020-08-21T11:38:39-07:00
"Rue des Rosiers will stay with readers for a long time...the novel is a master-class in the intelligent handling of voice." Paul Headrick, The Ormsby Review.
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