{"product_id":"a-day-of-small-beginnings-9780316014519","title":"A Day of Small Beginnings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoland, 1906: on a cold spring night, in the small Jewish cemetery of Zokof, Friedl Alterman is wakened from death. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the ground above her crouches Itzik Leiber, a reclusive, unbelieving fourteen-year-old whose fatal mistake has spurred the town's angry residents to violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The childless Friedl rises to guide him to safety -- only to find she cannot go back to her grave.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow Friedl is trapped in that thin world between life and death, her brash decision binding her forever to Itzik and his family: she is fated to be forever restless, and he, is forever haunted by the ghosts of his past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYears later, after Itzik himself has gone to his grave, his son, Nathan, knows nothing of his bitter father's childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen he begrudgingly goes to Poland on business, Nathan decides on a whim to visit his ancestral town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere, in Zokof, he meets the mysterious Rafael, the town's last remaining Jew, who promises to pass on all the things Itzik had failed to teach his son - about Zokof, about his faith, and about himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lisa Pearl Rosenbaum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.42h x 6.26w x 1.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316014519\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/21\/2006 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2006 pg. 871\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2006 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2006 pg. 38\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40058179059827,"sku":"9.78032E+12","price":48.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9d5dc02c-745a-4c37-8843-8d1f16594b29.jpg?v=1651586471","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/a-day-of-small-beginnings-9780316014519","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}