C1980: Fabulous generational saga. This review says it all, really – “"An intriguing rags-to-riches tale of an immigrant Jewish family in America... Freeman has demonstrated her narrative gifts in previous works and proves them once again in this four-generation novel with its varied characters a...
It was said numerous times in the book, Chavala Landau is a remarkable woman. And she was. Her determination, efficiency, and sheer will to survive was definitely inspiring; her strength combined with her street-smart no-nonsense attitude gave her the ability to achieve her dreams; the reader can...
another nice family saga, read years ago and found while cleaning the garage. What always surprises me when I fall upon a book written in the 1980's is the amount of cliches you find. Page after page, the heroes and the villains offer all he traits you are expecting. The bad ones hate Jewish and ...
Come Pour the Wine, by Cynthia Freeman, was published in 1980, when it was a bestseller. I was intrigued by the summary, but now I’m not quite sure why. A girl from the Midwest becomes a high-fashion model becomes a suburban housewife. Not exactly titillating, that third step.Janet Stevens should...
