The Bones and the Book
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.15 (649 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0984010920 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 262 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Her copies of Modern Maturity are delivered to her new home in Amherst, Massachusetts, that she shares with her husband Phil Thompkins. . She has been writing mysteries ever since she experienced her first hot flash. Jane Isenberg taught English to urban community college students for close to thirty years
She has been writing mysteries ever since she experienced her first hot flash. . Her copies of Modern Maturity are delivered to her new home in Amherst, Massachusetts, that she shares with her husband Phil Thompkins. About the Author Jane Isenberg taught English to urban community college students for close to thirty years
"The Jewish Immigrant Experience" according to jacqueline j moskowitz. In this tribute to the Jewish immigrant experience, Jane Isenberg weaves a mystery spanning generations and the cities of New York, Seattle and Skagway, Alaska. With humor and delightful dialogue the story unfolds and the tension builds as the mystery of immigrant Aliza Rudinsk's life and death are revealed. The history of Seattle - the fire, the plague, its streets and neighborhoods, and its Jewish population is a fascinating read. After finishing this book I feel like I want to continue to read more of the history of this place and time.. A Terrifc History-Mystery Barbara Carole What a unique and compelling prologue that drew me right in. Then, I was equally pulled in to the poignant portrait of a 19th century young Jewish woman immigrating to a new life in America and the very believable portrait - one many can identify with - of the contemporary Jewish American woman who sets out to solve her murder. Both women are set in the fascinating historical context of the Seattle of their respective times. Each is a strong and different personality; each has her own hopes and goals; each has a unique voice. One is deeply moving, almost poetic; the other is modern, alternating bet. "The Bones And The Book - A Gripping, Intriguing Tale" according to A Reader in Washington. In THE BONES AND THE BOOK, Jane Isenberg moves in a very different direction from her entertaining and clever Bel Barett Menopausal Detective Series to write a riveting, intelligent historical-mystery standalone. Isenberg's protagonist, Rachel Mazursky, finds herself both grieving and at loose ends when her husband is killed in the big 1965 Seattle earthquake, after her only child has gone off to college on the east coast. After the quake, when the bones of a young woman are found in the Seattle Underground, along with a diary written in Yiddish, Rachel volunteers to translate the book. The content
In 1890, Aliza Rudinsk, a young Orthodox Jewish immigrant from the Ukraine, came to Seattle via New York's Lower East Side expecting to build a good life for herself. The lives of these women in 1900 and 1965 are beautifully woven together, the strands balancing each other as each discovers her strengths and revises her own identity as a woman and a Jew." - Sharan Newman, author of The Shanghai Tunnel. "Isenberg's story pulled me in right from the startling prologue. The twin historical stories of Aliza and Rachel are compelling and poignant. The Bones and the Book carries the reader back to a far-flung outpost of the Jewish diaspora where gold, good table manners, and assimilating often trump Torah, tribe, and tradition. Aliza's surprising and poignant story compels Rachel to search for clues to the identity of the young woman's murderer, but her quest for the truth unearths disturbing secrets about her own past as well as Aliza's. W