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By Allegra Goodman

ISBN-10: 0307573605

ISBN-13: 9780307573605

In the summertime of '76, the Shulmans and the Melishes migrate to Kaaterskill, the tiny city in upstate long island the place Orthodox Jews and Yankee year-rounders dwell aspect by way of aspect from June via August. Elizabeth Shulman, a religious follower of Rav Elijah Kirshner and the mum of 5 daughters, is stressed. She wishes a undertaking of her personal, outdoors her family members and her cloistered group. around the road, Andras Melish is attracted to Kaaterskill by means of his adoring older sisters, guaranteed to him via their loss and wrenching break out from the Holocaust. either comforted and crippled by way of his sisters' love, Andras can't conquer the ambivalence he feels towards his teenagers and his personal appealing spouse. on the most sensible of the hill, Rav Kirshner is coming to the top of his lifestyles, and he struggles to choose which of his sons may still be triumphant him: the pious yet stolid Isaiah, or the intense yet worldly Jeremy. behind the curtain, alarmed as his loved Kaaterskill is overdeveloped through Michael King, the neighborhood actual property dealer, pass judgement on Miles Taylor retains an previous mystery in cost, biding his time....

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I waited until his crew’s fish were all unloaded and he stepped along the harbour road, his boots ringing on the cobbles. Then I ran after him.  . ’ He looked at me, his eyes very blue in his weathered face. He was the most handsome of all the men, fine and upstanding, without a big belly filling his jersey. He was clean shaven and had good white teeth when he smiled. Oh, he had such a dazzling smile. ‘Yes, I’m Bobbie. ’ he said pleasantly. I swallowed, trying to think of the right words. I saw the woman I’d spoken to staring at us curiously.

Oh dear, it’s been a long night. I shall be glad to get to my bed. So how can I help you? Who are you? ’ ‘I – I have several names. ’ ‘My, my, you go in for some very fancy names! ’ He said the three names solemnly enough, but his eyes crinkled, his mouth twitched, and I knew he was laughing at me. I took a deep breath. ‘I – I think I might be kin of yours,’ I said. He stared at me. ‘What, some long-lost cousin or something of that sort? ’ ‘No, sir. I have taken the surname of Battersea, after my mother.

She looked as if she wanted to stick it straight in me. ‘Could you call Mina from the shore? And where’s Ezra? Is he playing truant from school again? Look for him on Long Beach. I need you all at home,’ Father said. ’ He spoke with calm authority, but I could feel him trembling as he turned me round and steered me onwards. I heard an excited babble behind us as folk repeated what he’d said. I peered round. Katherine was staring after me as she hurried down to the beach. ‘Oh, Father, she hates me,’ I said.

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