A Call From Jersey: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (871 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1590206878 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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"major melodrama" according to Mara Zonderman. The entire time I was reading this book, I felt like I was missing something, like it was the sequel to a book I hadn't read. Relationships were written as though there was a lot of tension between characters, but nothing was developed enough (either in the backstory or the present story) for me to really care about where the tension came from, or whether it got resolved. Most of the characters seemed to just drift through the story, occasionally colliding with each other in encounters that were evidently su. "The Jersey Story circa the 50s and 60s" according to Janet McCann-Harris. P.F. Kluge's Call from Jersey is the latest release by an entertaining and compelling author. The story of a father's journey to America and his son's journey away from his New Jersey family home leads to a satisfying ending of what family means. The author chronicles the father's emigration to American in 1928 and describes the German-American experience between the wars. It explores the stress on that community as Germany is overtaken by Nazism and the choices they must make. The son's story begins with hi. The Jersey Truth If you were born or grew up in New Jersey as I was,this book will grab you with its incredibly emotional portrayal of what it means to be "from Jersey". For many, New Jersey is a place easily left, but strongly missed. The essence of "Jerseyism" pervades this compelling novel about a father, his son and his brother, and spans a period from the late 20's through 198The Jersey Truth Andrew from PA. If you were born or grew up in New Jersey as I was,this book will grab you with its incredibly emotional portrayal of what it means to be "from Jersey". For many, New Jersey is a place easily left, but strongly missed. The essence of "Jerseyism" pervades this compelling novel about a father, his son and his brother, and spans a period from the late 20's through 1984. The writer paints competing and parallel first person accounts of both father and son looking back on their lives in New Jersey through the pre. . The writer paints competing and parallel first person accounts of both father and son looking back on their lives in New Jersey through the pre
With A Call From New Jersey Kluge has outdone himself with a long view of the American experience and the steady mutation of the American dream. Set in the1980's it follows the life of Hans Greifinger, a German-American who immigrated to the United States in 1928 and built a life for himself and his son, George, who has adopted the surname Griffin for his nationally-syndicated lackluster travel column.
Hanging on his findings are Hans's home--intended for George--and Hans's golden years, which he intends to pass on the Elbe. . These are the book's strongest sections, as Hans marries and raises a family in New Jersey, while Heinz, burned by debts, returns to Germany just in time for the war. All rights reserved. In straightforward prose peppered with German, Hans evokes 1920s New York as he and his ever-charming, ever-gambling brother, Heinz, emigrate from Germany and set up new lives. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Though the chapters narrated by George don't have the high stakes of his father's journey or the strengths of Hans's voice, they still evoke the painful communion of father and son, and humorously chronicle George's attempts to escape loneliness. From Publishers Weekly German immigrant and wid