Miss Fanny's voice - Dorit Peleg

A woman finds her own true voice in this award-winning novel from an Israeli author.

Once a student of classical singing, Miss Fanny, deciding she lacks the talent to succeed, has sentenced herself to silence. She has a humdrum job in an umbrella company in Tel Aviv, and her only friend is her elderly aunt Leda who is consumed with nostalgia for pre-war Germany. But her job changes, the boss shows her a porno film and she resigns. Her days are long and empty, so when an old suitor invites her to a nightclub in Jaffa, she goes. And when the microphone is thrust in Fanny’s face, she sings. Brilliantly. Fanny gets the singer’s job and a new life begins. She makes real friends for the first time, she falls in love, she stands up to Aunt Leda. She becomes herself.