The mystics of Mile End / Sigal Samuel.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Samuel, Sigal, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cabala--Fiction.

Cabala.

Siblings--Fiction.

Siblings.

Brothers and sisters.

Jews.

Families--Fiction.

Families.

Jews--Québec (Province)--Montréal--Fiction.

Montréal (Québec)--Fiction.

Montréal (Québec).

Genre:

Fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

294, 16 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015]

Summary:

"The Meyer family lives in Mile End, home to a mashup of hipsters and Hasidic Jews, where down the street crazy Mr. Katz is building a tree out of plucked leaves, toilet paper rolls, and dental floss. When David, a skeptical professor of religion, is diagnosed with an unusual heart murmur, he becomes convinced that his heart is whispering divine secrets. But when David's frenzied attempts to ascend the Tree of Life lead to tragedy, his daughter Samara, who abruptly abandoned religion years earlier, believes it is up to her to finish what she started. As Samara's brother documents her increasingly strange behaviour, it falls to next-door neighbour and Holocaust survivor Chaim Glassman to shatter the silence that divides the members of the Meyer family. But can he break through to them in time? Long-held family secrets square off against faith and secularity in this remarkable debut novel, written with extraordinary heart and intelligence."-- Amazon.

Notes:

"P.S. insights, interviews & more..."--Cover.

ISBN:

9780062412171

0062412175

OCLC:

899228748