On Armistice Day 1933, the anniversary of his daughter's suicide, David Toback, a kosher butcher living on New York's Lower East Side, began to write his memoirs of coming of age and self-discovery in tsarist Russia. These memoirs culminate in his immigration to the United States. Forty years later, his notebooks were rediscovered by his granddaughter Carole Malkin, who wrote the Journeys of David Toback. This collaboration across decades and generations has given us a fascinating saga of restless wandering and growing self-consciousness, a life story that reads like the most skillful...
On Armistice Day 1933, the anniversary of his daughter's suicide, David Toback, a kosher butcher living on New York's Lower East Side, began to write ...
The novel is about the transformation and redemption of a Berkeley juvenile delinquent who is sent to an Israeli Yeshiva to be rehabilitated. Karl's story-he later adopts the name of Baruch-is intertwined with that of his hippy mother, Lisa, a supporter of drug experimentation and promiscuous sex. The novel contrasts her search for personal freedom with Baruch's search for structure-and eventually his ability to find a flexible blend of both.
The novel is about the transformation and redemption of a Berkeley juvenile delinquent who is sent to an Israeli Yeshiva to be rehabilitated. Karl's s...
"The Life and Art of Gary Geckleman" is a coming-of-age novel. Gary must not only make the transition from boy to man, but to being an artist, and to become an American. Born on the Lower East Side and raised in the 1950's, he comes from a family uprooted by the Holocaust. To be Jewish seems sad to him, full of loss and death. He prefers the glamour of the movies to his family to teach him what life is about, and how he should act.
"The Life and Art of Gary Geckleman" is a coming-of-age novel. Gary must not only make the transition from boy to man, but to being an artist, and to ...
The American Dream is about a young man who yearns for a home of his own. Shaped by the homelessness and hurts of his youth, Donny is anxious to get ahead and desperate to be loved. Contacts with wealthy people have aggravated his insecurities. He feels he must have an upscale home for his wife and children. Such a home seems within reach. Just as he puts in a bid, the real estate/mortgage market collapses. The consequences are devastating but ultimately healing for him. Through an unexpected reconciliation with his estranged father, Donny finds his true home.
The American Dream is about a young man who yearns for a home of his own. Shaped by the homelessness and hurts of his youth, Donny is anxious to get a...
This volume contains a series of short stories written by Carole Malkin over a 25 year period. The first section deals with her life in Berkeley CA and involves a diverse group of individuals that she knew over this long period. This is followed by a second shorter section that contains stories Carole based on her experiences fighting breast cancer.
This volume contains a series of short stories written by Carole Malkin over a 25 year period. The first section deals with her life in Berkeley CA an...
