Workitu

A recounting of the Beta Israel
preparations for Passover in Ethiopia.

By Zahava Goshen & Maayan Ben Hagai

Green Bean Books, 2024
Hebrew: Asia Publishers and PJ Library, 2022

The morning sounds of the village drifted into the room together with a delicious smell.

Workitu held her favorite cup tightly and sipped her milk very slowly.

The dish shattered with a loud thud. A shiver passed through Workitu.

Workitu couldn't stop looking at her aunt's moving hands kneading the clay.

Balainesh lifted Workitu's oil jar out from among the pieces they'd made.