Breaking free from the prison of the past

In this week's edition of Book Box, The Sunday Times looks at new reads about family, from generational trauma in David Grossman and Elif Shafak's latest novels to dysfunctional celebrity siblings in Taylor Jenkins Reid's Malibu Rising

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Olivia Ho Assistant Life Editor, Olivia Ho

More than 20 years ago, Israeli author David Grossman got a phone call. A woman demanded in a voice of authority to speak to him.
"I immediately felt guilty of something," recalls Grossman, 67, over the telephone from his Jerusalem home.
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