Set half in Israel and half in the Unit­ed States, the sto­ries in this prize-win­ning col­lec­tion explore the expe­ri­ence of exile, belong­ing, and what it means to call a place home. A vis­it­ing pro­fes­sor from Boston forms an unlike­ly bond with an Israeli born in Iraq. Two teenage tourists are star­tled out of their naiveté in a restau­rant in Jerusalem’s Old City. A gift­ed yeshi­va stu­dent spi­ral­ing into men­tal ill­ness takes refuge in the poet­ry of Walt Whit­man. An aged wid­ow­er returns after six­ty years to the Bronx neigh­bor­hood of his youth to make amends with a first love he aban­doned to go to prison. Shim­mer­ing with insight and com­pas­sion, Dis­placed Per­sons is a pro­found, exquis­ite col­lec­tion that illu­mi­nates piv­otal moments of tran­si­tion, long­ing, and hope.