My Russian Grandmother And Her American Vacuum Cleaner : A Family Memoir
by Meir Shalev

A family story about living in Israel before the country got its independence and afterward. Mostly, the book centers on a very anal woman whose disdain for dirt is over-the-top. After a while, that gets old.
The book is translated and there are problems with the wording. Also, there are way too many similes, which I normally detest, but in this case the book actually needs them to sustain it.