Immediately after World War II, many Jewish refugees fled to British Palestine. Often they were held in interment camps as they were considered "illegal" immigrants. Day After Night is based on the true story of the liberation of one of these camps known as Atlit. It follows four women who found themselves at Atlit. All had survived the Holocaust and each had their own story of survival.
I thought this book sounded interesting and pertinent to what is happening to the refugees in the U.S. today. I also don't know a lot about this period in history or the formation of Israel as a state. The book was interesting to a point and I did learn about this event in history. However, I found the book slow moving and what I wanted was more background on the characters. I wanted to read their stories of how they came to the camp and then what happened at the camp. I felt that without the backstories there wasn't much arc to the characters. I didn't really get to know them very well. I loved Anita Diamant's Red Tent but have found that every other book by her has been a disappointment. The Red Tent set a very high bar that her others just can't quite meet.