Poignant testimonies of seven women are at the center of this novel. Debbie, a Sephardic Jew, torn by her union with a Catholic; Elsa, suffering from the absence of her parents caught in the whirlwind of a futile life; Margot, in love with a playwright homosexual, object of an astonishing surprise; Solène, frustrated by a marriage out of reason; Julie, who falls into the trap of a producer of porn movies; Teresa, marked by the tilting of her companion, Mous (Mustafa), into Islamic fundamentalism; Imane, a Muslim married to David, a Jew who claims his identity at the risk of his life.In his coffee shop, a meeting place in the heart of the Latin Quarter in Paris, the author mixes reality with fiction, narrative with reflection. He reconstructs the puzzle of his own identity by observing those who make his place a « parish » and of him a confessor or a pseudo-psychoanalyst.This book adds a layer to the “French connection” of Hebrew literature, meaning the presence of France, and more particularly of Paris, in Hebrew literature. It’s the reflection of the image of its author whose biography is at the intersection of three cultures. The personal tale of the teller and his search for his identity are part of his heroines’ search for their identities. The atmosphere – erotic and cultural – lends the story a French flavor. Nurit Govrin, Professor Emeritus at the University, Apiryon, (Literary periodical), Autumn 2010