Penguin Publishing Group
There’s a lot of Yiddish-related literature coming out these days. This one mixes early 20th century Jewish immigrants with the Black communities that arose in the northeastern US just a couple generations out from the Civil War. The good Christian white folks hate (in the most literal sense of the word) both of these outliers. Yet relations between the Black and Jewish communities barely hold together but for the sheer will and personality of the story’s protagonists. What we get is a sweet story told from characters in both populations, one that deserves the accolades this book has received. Definitely one of my top 3 for the year.
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