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The Houseguest
The Houseguest
The Houseguest
Audiobook12 hours

The Houseguest

Written by Kim Brooks

Narrated by Robert Fass

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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It is the summer of 1941 and Abe Auer, a Russian immigrant and small-town junkyard owner, has become disenchanted with his life. When his friend Max Hoffman, a local rabbi with a dark past, asks Abe to take in a European refugee, he agrees, unaware that the woman is a volatile, alluring actress named Ana Beidler. Ana regales the Auers with tales of her lost stardom and mystifies Abe with her glamour and unabashed sexuality, forcing him to confront his desires as well as the ghost of his dead brother. As news filters out of Europe, American Jews struggle to make sense of the atrocities. When a popular Manhattan synagogue is burned to the ground, our characters begin to feel the drumbeat of war is marching closer to home. Set on the eve of America's involvement in World War II,#160;The Houseguest#160;examines a little-known aspect of the war and highlights the network of organizations seeking to help Jews abroad. It moves seamlessly from the Yiddish theaters of Second Avenue to the junkyards of Utica to the covert world of political activists, Jewish immigrants, and the stars of New York's Yiddish stage.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateApr 12, 2016
ISBN9781681682136
The Houseguest
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Kim Brooks

Kim Brooks is the award-winning author of the Black Expressions bestselling novel, He’s Fine…But is He Saved?; the Black Christian Book Distributors’ bestselling sequel, He’s Saved…But is He For Real?; and the highly acclaimed nonfiction books, The Little Black Survival Book for Single Saints and How to Date and Stay Saved. She is a native of Detroit and currently resides there. Visit her online at KimontheWeb.com.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    The writing/character development did not love up to the potential of the story summary. Finishing it was work!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Excellent book. Very sad story that needs to be read by Americans. So many people could have been saved before the Second World War if America could have just been slightly more open. Turning back children to a certain death is an upsetting story.