I loved this book! This novel is a story of a Jewish family from California, although their ancestors are from Eastern Europe. Usually family stories of this type take place in New York or other locations in the east, so already this novel is a bit unusual at the outset. The novel opens as an eld...
Then she led me inside to the familiar site of our serious conversations, the love seat, which sat against a cream stucco wall in her Spanish-style home. “I’ll be right back,” she said, hurrying into the kitchen. She returned a moment later with a glass of water, as well as a damp towel that she ...