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The English Teacher
The English Teacher: A Novel | Yiftach Reicher Atir
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For readers of John Le Carr and viewers of Homeland, a slow-burning psychological spy-thriller by a former brigadier general of intelligence in the Israeli army "Atir provides an astonishing look at Middle Eastern spycraft."The Washington Post After attending her fathers funeral, former Mossad agent Rachel Goldschmitt empties her bank account and disappears. But when she makes a cryptic phone call to her former handler, Ehud, the Mossad sends him to track her down. Finding no leads, he must retrace her career as a spy to figure out why she abandoned Mossad before she can do any damage to Israel. But he soon discovers that after living under cover for so long, an agents assumed identity and her real one can blur, catching loyalty, love, and truth between them. In the midst of a high-risk, high-stakes investigation, Ehud begins to question whether he ever knew his agent at all. In The English Teacher, Yiftach R. Atir drew on his own experience in intelligence to weave a psychologically nuanced thriller that explores the pressures of living under an assumed identity for months at a time. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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kaysworld1
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I hope you guy's don't mind me doing a bit of self boasting I have no one else to tell.
Tonight I finally finished my TEFL studies and exam. Woohoo one step closer to working abroad teaching English in person not just online. (There's a small quiet one woman party going down in my living room right now 🥂🎉 )😃👍 #readyforthefuture #teachertraining #englishteacher #jbuk

Avanders Woo hoo!! 🥳🥳🥳 4y
annahenke Congratulations! 4y
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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Woot woot!! Congrats on your hard work paying off! You rock! 🙌 4y
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Mrs_B Congratulations!!! 4y
kaysworld1 @Avanders thank you 😊 4y
kaysworld1 @annahenke thank you 🙂 4y
kaysworld1 @keys_on_fire thank you 😊 4y
kaysworld1 @Mrs_B thank you 😊 🎓 4y
Caroline2 Oh wow! I‘ve only just seen this! Well done! I did a tefl and a Celta course. I ended up teaching in Germany and Italy. 👍 4y
kaysworld1 @Caroline2 my first stop is Vietnam next year im really excited about it. Don't you reach anymore? 4y
Caroline2 @kaysworld1 Oh exciting! 😀 I nearly went to China but it fell through. When I came back I taught at my local college. Then took a career break when I had the kids, not gone back yet!!! 😆 4y
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Cinfhen
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About to start a new book- trying to decide between these two...any thoughts, Littens???

RealLifeReading I'd go for The English Teacher but then again both of them sound good! 7y
Cinfhen Thanks @RealLifeReading for weighing in...I read the first chapter of each & im going with your pick 👍🏻 7y
LeahBergen The English Teacher sounds good! 7y
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Cinfhen
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I saw @Booksandcooks cart this morning and got the shopping itch....sorry #summersanta if I screwed you up, no worries!!! I can always #PayItForward 🤑🤑🤑These prices were too good to pass up 😊Two titles are for upcoming bookclub , the rest #BlameitOnLitsy #BookOutlet Just realized tagged title works for #MayBookFlowers #SetinMiddleEast

Cinfhen I convinced my bookclub to read Helter Skelter @Reviewsbylola ❤️📚😊 7y
TrishB Bargain 💚 loved Orphan X. 7y
Cinfhen I've been eyeing so many of these books, especially from @Blair_Reads 7y
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Ms_T That's quite a haul! 📚📚📚 7y
Reviewsbylola Yessssssssss on Helter Skelter! I hope your book club likes it! 7y
Reviewsbylola And also I need to resist the temptation now. 🙈 7y
Megabooks Ooo...I wish I had gotten the men we reaped! Helter Skelter is so good! 7y
Megabooks I got 8 books for $38 you did better than me 7y
Blair_Reads Love is a mixed tape is so good! I hope you enjoy it! Great prices!! Nice book haul 👏🏻👏🏻 7y
Leftcoastzen I knew I would like Love is a mix tape , found I really loved it 7y
minkyb Orphan X is so good. Love Evan. Book 2 was also good. 7y
LeahBergen I have My Accidental Jihad on my shelf. 👍🏼 7y
Cinfhen Thanks friends...I'm sooo excited for my haul... @LeahBergen @minkyb @Leftcoastzen @Blair_Reads @Booksandcooks @Reviewsbylola @Ms_T 🤗🤗🤗🤗I'm happy to share after I'm done reading... 7y
shawnmooney Woo hoo! What made you choose Duddy Kravitz? It's a Canadian classic I've never read but I plan to finally get to it next month as it fits one of my reading challenge tasks! 😘 7y
Cinfhen It's a book club pick for our Canadian author. It was really hard finding a copy of the book @shawnmooney I can't wait to hear your thoughts! I think we are reading this for November 😳🤔 7y
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Anna40
The English Teacher: A Novel | Yiftach Reicher Atir

@JulietteGF I really enjoyed this book! Thank you for recommending it!

Adventures_of_a_French_Reader I'm glad you liked it ;) 8y
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Anna40
The English Teacher: A Novel | Yiftach Reicher Atir

There's something intoxicating in our work; suddenly it's permissible to lie, you can put on an act, and everything is sanctioned by the state. The operative is licensed to commit crimes. He steals, sometimes he even kills, and instead of going to prison he gets a commendation.

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Anna40
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Borrowed this at the library today! @JulietteGF

Adventures_of_a_French_Reader I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did! 8y
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Adventures_of_a_French_Reader
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Pickpick

I just finished this spy book, and it was great. I loved it. The author describes the missions of the main character, her solitude, her doubts, her life... I loved the quality of the writing, the beauty of some descriptions.

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Twocougs
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Pickpick

Great Israeli spy novel.

Cinfhen Sounds really intriguing 🤓 8y
Suet624 Ooohhhh, stacked! 8y
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LukkiAnn
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Mehso-so

While preparing New Year Eve's feast, I've finished my last book of this year. Not so good, but not bad. Translated from the Hebrew, it's a story about Mossad spies. It was slow read for me because there is no dynamic in the story. It's about the loneliness and oblivion showing that a spy job is no fun.

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Gittelbooks
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Just finished reading this. An amazing fabric composed of so many threads. Thriller, love story, espionage, betrayal, and psychological insight into loneliness and identity. How intelligence organizations can eat their young. One of the best spy novels I've encountered. Beautifully translated from the original Hebrew. A deeply nuanced page-turner and a true work of art. Highly recommended.

annahenke Great review! 8y
Gittelbooks @annahenke Thank you very much. Hope you will get ahold of this book & enjoy it. 8y
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Jessicav
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Pickpick

I'm so close to being done this on audio, and it's fabulous. It's a novel about spies, but not like what you're expecting. It's about the toll a life of undercover work takes on a person, the relationship between handler and spy, and relationships built on lies. So great.

saresmoore This sounds like a fascinating premise. 8y
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Jessicav
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Has anyone read this? It's going to be my first book translated from Hebrew for sure. I hope the audio is good. I don't always do well with fiction in audio format.

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mrldg
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"She was like someone who keeps both eyes open but presses on one to watch the situation from another side."

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