A young rabbi–serving as a chaplain during the Korean War–changes his view of Faith. A novel by the author of...

A Jewish writer rediscovers his religious and cultural heritage.

The writer’s father is diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor, and his son–full of anxiety, love, and fear–lives through each...

A sixteen year old girl is painted by Vermeer.

The bitter and impoverished John Barton commits a murder.

When he turned ninety-seven the author satisfied his lifelong wish of writing an epistolary novel about Moses.

A household is trounced by tragedy.

The journal of a ten-year-old records the bombings, snipers, gas, and food shortages during the 1990s.

A memoir-paean to Pittsburgh—the childhood home to the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.

From Brooklyn to Hollywood and Monroe; Brando, Flynn, Holden; stardom.

Three Detroit girls from different backgrounds become best friends during the racial tensions of the 60s.