Prelims plus 506pp. In black cloth-covered boards with gilt block lettering (boards very gently worn at edges). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Hidden deep in forest in Poland, there a chimney tree, its trunk hollowed out by lightning. It's 1935, and the tree is a cherished meeting place for Miriam, the beautiful daughter of the Rabbi of Dubnitz, and her Christian lover, Tadeusz. Miriam's life is devastated when her forbidden liaison is revealed and she is quickly married to another man and sent away.
