A Castle in Brooklyn

by Shirley Russak Wachtel

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Spanning decades, an unforgettable novel about reckoning with the past, the true nature of friendship, and the dream of finding home. 1944, Poland. Jacob Stein and Zalman Mendelson meet as boys under terrifying circumstances. They survive by miraculously escaping, but their shared past haunts and shapes their lives forever. Years later, Zalman plows a future on a Minnesota farm. In Brooklyn, Jacob has a new life with his wife, Esther. When Zalman travels to New York City to reconnect, Jacob's hopes for the future are becoming a reality. With Zalman's help, they build a house for Jacob's family and for Zalman, who decides to stay. Modest and light filled, inviting and warm with acceptance--for all of them, it's a castle to call home. Then an unforeseeable tragedy--and the grief, betrayals, and revelations in its wake--threatens to destroy what was once an unbreakable bond, and Esther finds herself at a crossroads. A Castle in Brooklyn is a moving and heartfelt immigration story about finding love and building a home and family while being haunted by a traumatic past.

  • ISBN10 1662508743
  • ISBN13 9781662508745
  • Publish Date 1 January 2023
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Amazon Publishing
  • Imprint Little A
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 273
  • Language English