Sunday, June 12, 2016

In the Unlikely Event

Miri is growing up Jewish, at least culturally Jewish in a Gentile world. Child of a single mother her grandmother, with whom they live, is not pleased to learn she's dating a goy boyfriend with an Irish name. Miri is mortified to learn that her fancy clothes are well-preserved hand-me-downs charitably donated by her Mother's acquaintance. Fortunately the original wearer is not like my cousin who greeted me at church with the declaration--you're wearing my suit.

Elizabethtown where they live has been hit by three plane crashes. This book is not easy reading. It's 402 pages seem to stretch on and on, progress seeming extremely slow. I could use a character list to keep all the people and their inter-relations straight.

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