Nily Naiman was born in Israel to a hard working family that had arrived there after the defeat of the Third Reich. Nily grew up in a time of constant war and political and cultural upheaval a society of Jewish immigrants. Her novels are fascinating journeys of women and their families searching for indentity while enduring desperate and painful times. The women in her books are larger than life, and their stories are all based on true events and on the life of the author. . :