Fiction, Jewish
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Esther
by Nir Barkin
"Esther" is gripping historic fiction, a complex and exciting family saga, and a high-suspense detective novel. It follows a young man’s quest to find his grandfather, a man he has never known, and who abandoned the family and disappeared from the ...
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Tracks Of Our Tears
A Family Saga by James Allen
It was late August 1939. Nature’s glorious colors had begun to gradually alter Europe’s picturesque landscape. For those graced with a window to peer through…the peaceful serenity of autumn was time for many to pause for reflective introspection. ...
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The Furious Pharisee
by Al Dublanko
Replete with romance, political intrigue, and history, The Furious Pharisee follows the development of Saul from a young student of the Torah and the Jewish religion to a vehement opposer of the disciples of Jesus. Al Dublanko draws on historical ...
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The One of Their Relationship
by Debora Resnick
"In the world of people, one and one adds up to another one, the one of their relationship." The relationship dynamics of Myra Geller’s family are complex, to say the least. Born to Orthodox Jewish immigrants and growing up in midcentury Montreal, ...
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The War Never Ended
by Lucinda Heck
Christian Wolff, an Austrian officer during World War I, returns home to Vienna a broken man. His marriage falls apart, he becomes an alcoholic and drug addict. He becomes friends with a fellow officer, Alfred, who was treated by Dr. Ernst Simmel, ...
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Ravenscraig
by Sandi Krawchenko Altner
Brilliant and charismatic, Rupert Willows is among the best of liars. Not even his wife knows his true identity. Overnight fortunes are being made in 1890s Winnipeg and Rupert wants his piece of the action. Known as the Chicago of the North for its ...
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The Blue Box
by M.M. Wagner
Life is fragile, and when it changes without warning, people are changed as well, sometimes irreparably. When circumstances outside our control reshape our lives, who we are and who we have the capacity to become are put to the test. With clarity ...
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Prairie Sonata
by Sandy Shefrin Rabin
Richly textured and lyrically written, Prairie Sonata is the story of Mira Adler and her journey from innocence to experience. Mira grows up in post–World War II Canada, in a close-knit Manitoba community founded by secular Jews from Eastern Europe. ...
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From Promise to Peril
A Family Saga by James Allen
The upwardly mobile Landesburg family sells off their modest German dairy farm to seek financial success in early-twentieth century Berlin, where their son Sigmund eventually graduates from a prestigious medical school. Sigmund’s medical practice ...
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A Sword Shall Pierce Your Soul
The Story of Jesus' Mother by Lorne Brandt
Based on the biblical account of Mary, mother of Jesus, A Sword Shall Pierce Your Soul takes readers back to first-century Israel, where they meet a young woman whose “Yes” to God heralded the first notes of the gospel. From her engagement to Joseph ...
