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Where Do We Go From Here Author: Lynda Cohen Loigman Two-Family House is a novel of everyday desire: the desire to please, the sense of duty to family, the hope for loving children, the longing for fulfilling marriages, the slow-burn of long friendships, and all the daily enmities, from the unforgettable to the minute, that get in the way. Brothers Abe and Mort are entirely different, yet together they continue to run the family box business. Abe is lovable, happy with his place in life, content with his already large collection of children, and above all, effusive and easy in [...]

Who's Been Sleeping In Our Grave? Author: Julia Heaberlin Sixteen year old Tessie, formerly vibrant, is found dumped, near-death, in a field of Black Eyed Susans, covered by a shallow grave filled with decaying girls and old bones. Years of therapy and one very big trial, accusing an unfortunate black man who happened to be near at the time of the accident, have never shed any light on the darkness she cannot, or will not, remember. Now, as an adult single mother, still haunted by the voices of the vengeful “Susans,” she must confront her monsters all over again. Her [...]

The celebrity president... Author:  Philip Roth It’s the story of a small Jewish boy, growing up in Newark during World War II.  It reads like any of the hundreds of childhood autobiographies written over the years, but in this case history is a little off.  The world-famous aviator Charles A. People can read more here for information on the Jewish community.  Lindbergh defeats FDR in the 1940 presidential election, becoming the 33rd president of the United States.  One of the late Philip Roth’s most critically acclaimed works, The Plot Against America is a thought-provoking and suspense-filled piece of alternative historical [...]