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My father was only a child when, in the winter of 1879, he said
goodbye to his home in Poland and, with his mother, father and two
sisters, began an overland journey that brought them, three months
later, to the gates of Jerusalem. Thus, the Linder family saga
begins, and continues, four generations and 100 years later, on the
shores of America. In a unique blend of the historical and the
personal, ANGELS ALWAYS COME ON TIME tells the story of a young,
Hasidic boy coming of age in the ultra-orthodox community in
Jerusalem in the early 20th century. With wit and insight, he
writes of lives rich in pathos, humor, and hope. Though intensely
personal, ANGELS ALWAYS COME ON TIME possesses a grand and
universal sweep, for its stories show men and women who, enduring
poverty and war and uncertainty, remain ever optimistic as they
search for their place in the world.
KIRKUS REVIEWS: An American immigrant explores the sprawling
history of the Jewish people...through the struggles of generations
of his family... The illuminating book...is rich in history...The
author tells his family's story with passion, charm, and exquisite
detail...As a memoir, it's beautifully rendered, and as history,
it's masterfully told...an engrossing and important look at the
Jewish experience of the last century and a half. CLARION REVIEW
****: Chaim Linder's remarkable memoir reaches into widely
interesting territory...This memoir stands with the best of its
kind, rendered in delicious detail by a brilliant yet ordinary
man...with an unflagging sense of aliveness... BLUEINK REVIEW:
...Linder transports readers from his childhood in Palestine to his
pursuit of the American Dream...skillfully combines personal detail
with historical facts...an engaging memoir about an uncommon
individual...particularly compelling.
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