I have written several books on varied subjects
A historical novel based on a true stroy.
Wildcat Books, 2022
Co-authored with my husband, David Biale
Based on 258 Letters exchanged between 1970 and 1972
Wildcat Bools 2021
A drawing of the Atlantic by one of the passengers
My parents were on the Atlantic with the protagonists (real people with fictitious names), a boat carrying over 1,500 Jews fleeing from Nazi-occupied Europe to Palestine in 1940.
With David, April 1972: near the end of our correspondence
In August 1970, a 21-year-old American Jewish student, arrived at Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin in Israel’s Bet She’an Valley as a volunteer. There, he met a kibbutznik, nine days shy of her eighteenth birthday. They began an intense dialogue about how a secular Jew might be Jewish and what the role of Israel and kibbutz ought to be in modern Jewish life.
Aerograms Across the Ocean: A Love Story in Letters opens a window into the lives and thoughts of two passionate young people, trying to find their identities and life trajectories in the tumultuous early 1970s. The jointly-written memoir is a coming-of-age story in Israel after the Six Day War and in America during the Vietnam War. The book chronicles a romance emerging through the 258 letters the authors exchanged, transporting readers back to a different age, half a century ago.
Growing Up Below Sea Level: A Kibbutz Childhood
I grew up on a kibbutz in the 1950’s and 60’s, during the heyday of idealism and collective education. The book is structured as a series of linked short stories, beginning with my earliest memory from age three into young adulthood, when I leave the kibbutz to pursue studies, and eventually my life, in the United States.
Read the reviews: https://www.jweekly.com/2020/04/21/rachel-biales-new-memoir-ponders-her-kibbutz-childhood-in-israels-early-days/ https://washingtonjewishweek.com/66478/rachel-biale-revisits-her-kibbutz-childhood/arts/
What Now?
2-Minute Tips for solving common parenting Challenges
Essential short tips for parents of young children (because, who has more than 2-3 minutes to read?), presented in a lively Q & A format. Based on over 35 years of experience in parenting counseling and clinical social work.
A well-written list of solid, common-sense advice. Convenient chapter organization allows readers to pick their problem and look it up! Easy-to-understand and down-to-earth. -- Thomas W. Phelan, PhD Author of the best-selling 1-2-3 Magic: The New 3-Step Discipline for Calm, Effective, and Happy Parenting
Women and Jewish Law
Published in 1984, it is still considered a path-breaking book. It is widely used in university courses and adult education.
Let’s make a book about it:
We Are Moving
My Pet Died
Two books for parents to make together with their child as an aid in addressing challenging experiences in early childhood.
Alas, both titles are out of print but you can find them used or contact me to order a copy.