Heirlooms
Subtitle: Stories
Publisher: BkMk Press at the University of Missouri-Kansas City
Published: Sep 16, 2016
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9781886157910
Description: "Winner of the G. S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction, selected by Marge Piercy. HEIRLOOMS begins in the French seaside city of Saint-Malo, in 1939, and ends in the American Midwest in 1989. In these linked stories, the war reverberates through four generations of a Jewish family. Inspired by the author's family stories as well as extensive research, HEIRLOOMS explores assumptions about love, duty, memory and truth. "--

In a series of linked stories, the Second World War reverberates through four generations of a Jewish family. Exploring assumptions about love, duty, memory and truth, these stories are based in part on Hall's family's experiences.
Notes: Source title: Heirlooms: Stories