Joy Comes in the Morning

Deborah Green is a woman of passionate contradictions--a 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.

Author: Jonathan Rosen
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 08/01/2005
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780312424275

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 09/04/2005 pg. 24

About the Author

Jonathan Rosen is the author of The Talmud and the Internet and the novel Eve's Apple. His essays have appeared in The New York Times and The New Yorker, among other publications. He is the editorial director of Nextbook.