In the debut book, Anka's Soda by Tami Orenstein, a writer, information systems analyst, personal trainer and mediator, I fell in love from the first page. Something in the magic of her writing attracted and carried away the reader as if she drew me into the depth and layers of the plot, the one that was written inspired by the true story of her parents who were from Eastern Europe during World War II. This is a fascinating historical novel written in the artist's hand, interweaving the moving story of Abrasha and Anka, two young people living with their families in Vilnius in the shadow of the dangers of the existence of the Jewish community. Their acquaintance and the beginning of their journey together was at a meeting in the Hashomer Hatzair movement, where Abrasha was destined to be the guide of Anka's group, who caught her eye and was drawn to his charismatic and special character. and his sister in the hope that they will be able to live a safer life in the Land of Israel. Anka is very sad when he leaves and her family gets into many difficulties and she is forced to help them. Her father sends her to Eretz Israel to bring the whole family to Israel. There she encounters a lot of difficulties and surprising events and meets people from her past who give her life a lot of hope and also those who don't.... Who will she meet in the Land of Israel? And what will happen to her and Abrasha? And most of all, what is Anka's soda that makes my heart tremble so much? All this and much more magic you will find in this excellent and exciting book that I highly recommend. The writing is wonderful, eloquent, fluid and full of emotion which did not leave me with a dry eye and in particular I could not put it down until the end of reading it with a surprising ending that shook my heart.

Anat Rabin I started reading the book 'Anka's Soda' and already in the first chapters I was carried away and the more I progressed in the book the more I could not stop reading it until it was finished in two days. I was moved along with the heroes of the story by the things they went through, the happy and the difficult, sometimes I even cried. I was impressed by their dedication and the sense of responsibility of each of them towards their family, and I hoped with all my heart that Anka would be able to obtain the documents that would allow her family to immigrate to Israel. As the situation for the Jews became more difficult in Europe and in Vilnius in the run-up to World War II and the danger to her family increased, the tension rose as to whether Anka would be able to sort things out and save her family. Finally, I was surprised by the discovery of Anka's soda. I didn't expect that. It was a surprising and exciting ending. The writing is beautiful and fluid, and the author, Tamar Orenstein, integrates the thoughts and feelings of the book's two protagonists into the events, and causes one to identify with them and to feel caring towards them and their fate and the fate of their family.