The Seven Good Years

OverthelastsevenyearsEtgarKerethashadplentyofreasonstoworry.Hisson,Lev,wasborninthemiddleofaterroristattackinTelAviv.Hisfatherbecameill.AndhehasbeenconstantlytormentedbynightmarishvisionsoftheIranianpresidentAhmadinejad,anti-Semiticremarksbothrealandimagined,and,perhapsmostworrisomeofall,adoggedtelemarketerwhoseemslikelytochasehimtothegrave.Emergingfromthesedarklyabsurdcircumstancesisaseriesoffunny,tenderruminationsoneverythingfromhisthree-year-oldson'simpendingmilitaryservicetotheterroristmindsetbehindAngryBirds.Movingdeftlybetweenthepersonalandthepolitical,theplayfulandtheprofound,TheSevenGoodYearstakesalife-affirminglookatthehumanneedtofindgoodintheleastlikelyplaces,andthestorieswetellourselvestomakesenseofourcapriciousworld.