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" Great book. listened to it on my Ipod. I loved the different voices and could not put it down. "

" I was hoping for another "Tree grows in Brooklyn", and so was disappointed naturally, but still, a pretty good book. It follows a Jewish family through three generations in New York. "

" I truly enjoyed reading this book so much that I ended up taking the tenement tour of the lower east side. Great tour! (I then noticed they lived in an old tenement apt in Devil Wears Prada.) "

" I thought this was a light entertaining book. It started out a bit disjointed for me, but then became more engaging. A sweet story about people living in the NY Jewish ghetto. "

" A great story of multi-generational family in the tenements of New York in the 1930s. They finally work themselves out of that deprivation but then regret the loss of the close relationships they had in that neighborhood. "

" Great account of the Jewish ghetto in America. "

" Just couldn't get into this book. It was on my Barnes and Noble Book Club for November and I just couldn't get into it... "

" was ready 4 it 2 end.... so so "

" Very Jewish novel of growing up on the lower east side, in the 30's/40's. Semi-autobiographical, a quick summer read, lot's of details, interesting insite into this family, very differnt from my own upbringing. "

" If you want a good NYC Jewish book through the early 20th century, this one's for you. It's based on the author's family but told in novel form. I liked it and I learned a lot. "

" A novel that is part memoir,part social history and part fiction. Three generations of the Roth family share a crowded tenement in the Lower East Side Jewish ghetto during the 1930s. "

" This book was slow moving. While it paints a picture of time gone by, it focuses on the day to day unhappiness of lower east side living in the 1930s. "

" This was a funny book, well written and great narration on Audible but didn't quite click with me. It is a collection of stories some funny, some not, about an immigrant family in New York. "

" This book reminded me so much of my grandma and she was so dear to me . Too bad the author died before this book was completed so we will never see another book from the author . Her son completed this book for her and what a loving tribute to her , for her son to finish it . "

" A very nice story - I kept waiting for something bad to happen but nothing did. It was very refreshing that way. "

" Great book. Enjoyed very much. "

" This is a simple story set in simple times. I did enjoy it very much. "

" I listened to this rather than read it over a period of about a month--had I read it I think I would have finished it faster and liked it a bit more. I really enjoyed reading about Jewish life in New York city during the the early 1900s--really fun/interesting glimpses. "

" This was an audio book and a fairly terribly successful transition to spoken word. Light reading, not terribly taxing. "

" A very nice story - I kept waiting for something bad to happen but nothing did. It was very refreshing that way. "

" A very good book about a non religious Jewish girl growing up in NYC tenements. It is just a good novel and not sad (I hate sad sometimes). I love the family and world it introduced me to, and I loved the writing. This is one for the favorites list. "

" was ready 4 it 2 end.... so so "

" If you want a good NYC Jewish book through the early 20th century, this one's for you. It's based on the author's family but told in novel form. I liked it and I learned a lot. "

" A novel that is part memoir,part social history and part fiction. Three generations of the Roth family share a crowded tenement in the Lower East Side Jewish ghetto during the 1930s. "

" This was a funny book, well written and great narration on Audible but didn't quite click with me. It is a collection of stories some funny, some not, about an immigrant family in New York. "

" I truly enjoyed reading this book so much that I ended up taking the tenement tour of the lower east side. Great tour! (I then noticed they lived in an old tenement apt in Devil Wears Prada.) "

" I listened to this rather than read it over a period of about a month--had I read it I think I would have finished it faster and liked it a bit more. I really enjoyed reading about Jewish life in New York city during the the early 1900s--really fun/interesting glimpses. "

" Just couldn't get into this book. It was on my Barnes and Noble Book Club for November and I just couldn't get into it... "

" This was an audio book and a fairly terribly successful transition to spoken word. Light reading, not terribly taxing. "