"Having emigrated to America years before, a nameless memoirist now residing in Illinois receives word that his estranged father, whom he has not spoken to in fourteen years, is dying. Leaving his wife and their three children, he returns to Jerusalem and to his hometown of Tira in Palestine to be by his family's side. But few are happy to see him back and, geographically and emotionally displaced, he feels more alienated from his life than ever....

Presents the life of the former prime minister of Israel, exploring his long military career, rise to political power, dramatic personal life, and his influential approach to maintaining Israel's right to exist in the Middle East.