Snow in August
In the year 1947, Michael Devlin, eleven years old and 100 percent American-Irish, is about to forge an extraordinary bond with a refugee of war named Rabbi Judah Hirsch. Standing united against a common enemy, they will summon from ancient sources a power in desperately short supply in modern...
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In the year 1947, Michael Devlin, eleven years old and 100 percent American-Irish, is about to forge an extraordinary bond with a refugee of war named Rabbi Judah Hirsch. Standing united against a common enemy, they will summon from ancient sources a power in desperately short supply in modern Brooklyn-a force that's forgotten by most of the world but is known to believers as magic.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780446606257 (0446606251)
Publish date: March 1st 1998
Publisher: Vision
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Ordered this specifically to fit personal seasonal quest.THIS BOOK IS FORmy brother JohnAND IN MEMORY OFJoel Oppenheimerwho heard the cries of"Yonkel! Yonkel! Yonkel"in the summer bleachers of 1947.Opening quotes:Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,the evidence of things not seen.Hebrews ...
I totally forgot I had read this book until I was reminded of it in a group I am in. I loved this book. I thought it was thought provoking and inviting. I thought some of it was kind of silly(no spoilers), but it was buried beneath the beauty of the book!
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