The Jew Store

The Jew Store is that rare thing -- an intimate family story that sheds new light on a piece of American history: a Jew, born into poverty in pre-revolutionary Russia, finds his way to America, finds a trade, finds a wife, and sets out to find his fortune in a place where Jews are unwelcome. With deftness, fondness, and a fine, dry humor, Stella Suberman turns back the clock to a time when rural America was perhaps more peaceful but no less prejudiced, when educated locals were suspect, and when the Klan threatened all outsiders. In that setting, she brings the townspeople of Concordia, Tennessee, and her family, to life.Stella Suberman is the author of 'The Jew Store' with ISBN 9780786223152 and ISBN 0786223154.