Grief brought her to Israel. War kept her there. And somewhere between the sirens and the Shabbat table, something in her began to mend.

Five months after losing her husband to a sudden heart attack, Elisa Hertzan Schetrompf boarded a plane on an unexpected healing journey. She was a widow still numb with her loss, in danger of losing her eyesight, and utterly unsure of what came next, definitely not expecting to find herself stranded in the middle of war.

In this raw, vivid memoir, you will find:

• An unflinching portrait of grief: The isolation, the shock, and the slow, nonlinear work of healing
• A firsthand account of modern war: Sirens at 3 am, the Iron Dome overhead, and the remarkable calm of a people who have learned to live inside uncertainty
• The healing power of unexpected community: Strangers turned friends and distant relatives demonstrating what family really means

If you have lost someone and are wondering whether you will ever feel hopeful and happy again, Sheltered is an achingly honest account of what healing actually looks like, where grief and joy work together, and resilience and grace show up when you least expect them.