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By Homel, David2014., Cormorant Books Inc Call No: QWF Fic Hom Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: For Bluma Goldberg, the teenaged daughter of a Jewish bootlegger, Prohibition-era Chicago is the furthest place one can get from law and temperance. Her first steps into womanhood are made all the more uncertain by the dangers of her father's shadowy world. Decades later, her loving son, Bobby Krueger - a man coming off his own share of emotional turmoil - remains mystified by the person he's known all his life. Who is she really? Fighting through Bluma's stubborn refusals to cooperate, Bobby pieces together her memories in order to understand the story of the most interesting woman he has ever known. In The Fledglings, David Homel summons complex personalities and weaves them into a vividly-reconstructed historical landscape, taking readers on a fascinating journey into the inner thoughts and intricate relationships of a remarkable character.
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2012., Severn House Edition: eBook ed. Summary Note: "It's 1942. Louise Pearlie, a young widow, has come to Washington DC to work for the legendary Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the CIA. When she discovers a document concerning the husband of her college friend Rachel Bloch-a young French Jewish woman she is desperately worried about-Louise realizes she may be able to help Rachel escape from Vichy France. But then a colleague whose help Louise has enlisted is murdered, and she realizes she is on her own, unable to trust anyone ..."--Amazon.com.
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2012., Adolescent, Amulet Books Call No: Fic And Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
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By Roth, Philipc1981., Farrar, Straus and Giroux Call No: Fic Rot Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library