Helpful Score: 3
I thoroughly enjoyed this look back into time. The author is an accomplished writer and story teller. There were times I chuckled but it was so insightful into the views of prejudices from so many different angles. I found some of the lessons timeless.
Helpful Score: 2
A good read if you're interested in learning about the different cultures in our country.
"Like the store, which is practically a character in its own right, the people in The Jew Store linger in the mind." The New York Times Book Review
"A memoir that deserves praise not only as a sensitive portrait of the neglected merchant-immigrant families of the South but also for the wry, loving wit that Suberman brings to the craft of remembrance." The Journal of Southern History
"A memoir that deserves praise not only as a sensitive portrait of the neglected merchant-immigrant families of the South but also for the wry, loving wit that Suberman brings to the craft of remembrance." The Journal of Southern History
Helpful Score: 2
What a fascinating glimpse of Jewish life in the South in the early 1900s.
This was a great read. I really enjoyed it and I learned about a time period I did not know about. I would highly recommend this book.
Every Southern town had a "Jew Store". I never knew why or how one came to my little sleepy Southern town. Ms. Suberman has written a novel which uses a Jewish family to tell this story. The story of the family from its beginning in Russia to its isolation in a small Southern town is interesting enough to have a background for a fine novel, but the story of how the Jews picked someone to run and own a "Jew Store" would have made another fine novel. She has incorporated both in this entertaing book to make it a rewarding and entertaining experience. I enjoyed it and recommend it to others.
I emjoyed reading this book!
Great book!
Great memoir!
