From The Boston Globe - Boston.com

Risa Miller, a graduate of Emerson’s MFA program, has published her second novel, “My Before and After Life’’ (St. Martin’s). The widowed father of two grown sisters living in Brookline decides during a trip to Jerusalem to become an Orthodox Jew. Certain they can change their father’s mind, the sisters launch a rescue mission. Miller, who has lived in Brookline and Jerusalem, navigates the complicated relationship between adult children and parents with sensitivity and humor.