My Grandfather's Trunk
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"Growing up in Tzfat at the turn of the twentieth century, Esther does not know what to expect when she marries Moshe, a trunk-maker with dreams of following his brothers to start a new life in America. Tzfat may not be perfect . . . but what about the challenges of the new world, so strange and so far from everything Esther and Moshe have ever known? Those challenges, after all, are considerable--from the constant econimic struggle of feeding and housing a growing family; to the pull of modernity threatens to unravel Esther and Moshe's Jewish traditions; to the global crisis of war and pandem...
"Growing up in Tzfat at the turn of the twentieth century, Esther does not know what to expect when she marries Moshe, a trunk-maker with dreams of following his brothers to start a new life in America. Tzfat may not be perfect . . . but what about the challenges of the new world, so strange and so far from everything Esther and Moshe have ever known? Those challenges, after all, are considerable--from the constant econimic struggle of feeding and housing a growing family; to the pull of modernity threatens to unravel Esther and Moshe's Jewish traditions; to the global crisis of war and pandemic; and finally, to the terrible toll taken by mental illness. Of course, there is joy and endurance, too--more than enough for Esther and Moshe's story to be richly retold many years later. And the retelling in this book begins when a granddaughter finds a trunk that Moshe made, and is intrigued by its meticulous, old-world craftsmanship..."--Publisher description.
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