Finding Ida is the story of the first three quarter of the
twentieth century, as seen through the eyes of a Jewish Immigrant
to New York. In 1901, 16- year old Avrom Sokolovsky was living with
his parents and four sisters in a shtetl the Ukraine, when soldiers
start grabbing Jewish boys for the Czar's army. In order to escape
conscription, Avrom's parents send him, by himself, on a terrifying
journey to join his uncle, Yudel, in the Lower East Side of New
York. In 1976, Avrom, now Abe and in his nineties, is on another
journey. He travels to find Ida, the woman whom he has been living
with in South Beach, Florida, to try to get her to come back to
him. Ida left without saying goodbye, when her son took her to New
York for treatment for a newly discovered lump in her breast. On
the bus to New York, Abe and Bessie, a black woman, discuss their
lives and the Jewish and Black experiences in America. We hear
about the three great loves of Abe's life: Ida; Sarah, his wife of
60 years, and New York City, with all its imperfections. We see Abe
and Sarah experience the First World War, the exuberant Twenties,
the Great Depression and the Second World War, in which they lose
one of their children. After the war, as their remaining two
children raise their own families, Abe and Sarah pass from middle
to old age, and eventually Abe loses his beloved Sarah to cancer.
General
| Imprint: |
Myron\Kaufman
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 2012 |
| First published: |
September 2012 |
| Authors: |
Myron J Kaufman
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
340 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-615-70223-0 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-615-70223-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780615702230 |
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