{"product_id":"the-victory-gardens-of-brooklyn-9780815608929","title":"The Victory Gardens of Brooklyn","description":"With T\u003ci\u003ehe Victory Gardens of Brooklyn, \u003c\/i\u003e Merrill Joan Gerber demonstrates yet again her talent for pure and natural prose that penetrates the depths of human emotion. Her new novel illuminates the lives of three generations of women belonging to a Jewish American family in New York. Arriving from Poland at the turn of the century, sisters Rachel and Rose discover their fates on New York's Lower East Side. Later, Rachel's daughters, Ava, Musetta, and Gilda, live the passionate drama of their family's destiny as two wars rage in the world around them. In peace and war, the men they love bring them both ecstasy and bitter grief. Musetta's daughters, Issa and Iris, carry the story to its poignant close as the Second World War ends. With a delicate touch yet piercing insight, Gerber explores the yearnings, loves, and struggles of women who try to adapt the Jewish rituals of the \"old country\" to the realities of the new world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Merrill Gerber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815608929\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/17\/2007 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2007 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2008 pg. 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMerrill Joan Gerber\u003c\/b\u003e is a prize-winning novelist and short story writer. Her novel, \u003ci\u003eTbe Kingdom of Brooklyn, \u003c\/i\u003e won the Ribalow Award from \u003ci\u003eHadassah Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e She teaches fiction writing at the California Institute of Technology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40424469921907,"sku":"9.78082E+12","price":28.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_8ea77bbb-8fa8-42a2-a256-5f8bebbb49b0.jpg?v=1662559133","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-victory-gardens-of-brooklyn-9780815608929","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}