Raymond and Hannah meet as strangers at a party in Toronto, and what might have been a one-night stand blossoms into something more enduring in this original and impressive debut novel. When Hannah leaves for Jerusalem to study Torah at an orthodox yeshiva among students who disapprove of intermarriage, Raymond, a graduate student and atheist gentile, stays behind and struggles with his loneliness.  Can this love affair survive six thousand miles, cultural dissonance and late night out-of-synch emails?  A moving love story set in contemporary times..