Joy Comes in the Morning: A Novel
Deborah Green is a woman of passionate contradictionsa rabbi who craves goodness and surety while wrestling with her own desires and with the sorrow and pain she sees around her. Her life changes when she visits the hospital room of Henry Friedman, an older man who has attempted suicide....
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Deborah Green is a woman of passionate contradictionsa rabbi who craves goodness and surety while wrestling with her own desires and with the sorrow and pain she sees around her. Her life changes when she visits the hospital room of Henry Friedman, an older man who has attempted suicide. His parents were murdered in the Holocaust when he was a child, and all his life he’s struggled with difficult questions. Deborah’s encounter with Henry and his family draws her into a world of tragedy, frailty, love, and, finally, hope.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312424275 (0312424272)
Publish date: August 1st 2005
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English