Author: Leeron Hoory

“Some of [my book] is sad when I read it now. There’s a way that characters are alienated from things that are happening that are right there. That’s just where I write from. I don’t know if I always feel that alienated in life, but sometimes I do.”

Through comedy, this filmmaker depicts the dark, hidden, often uncomfortable realities of the female experience. 

Tsabari on The Best Place on Earth’s recent release in the U.S., Mizrahi identity, and writing this novel in her second language.