Five Centimeters Apart

In 1993, Ben and Noa began with a horseback ride, a bag carried for her, and letters sent from an army base. Their relationship took shape in the spaces between meetings, calls, and the things they were still too shy to say.

More than thirty years later, Shay returns to those early moments in a personal account of how two people found their way toward a life together.

An intimate memoir of hesitation, affection, and all the years on the other side of a first small gesture.