Fairy Lights in God’s Backyard: A Jerusalem Love Story

This is a love letter to Jerusalem after everything breaks open. In these vivid, funny, aching essays, Sarah Tuttle-Singer writes from inside the Old City’s pulse, before and after a devastating gas explosion destroyed her home and upended her family’s life. Through ancient stones, fairy lights, sirens, neighbors, grief, motherhood, faith, absurdity, and impossible kindness, she traces what it means to lose a sanctuary and begin again. More than a memoir of survival, this book is an offering of witness and hope: a testament to community, resilience, and the stubborn human decision to keep building beauty.