Title: Diamond in the rough
Description: A single Jewish doctor in Toronto provides board for two Russian-Jewish children; their mother is comatose and their unknown father's fate in the hands of terrorists. The doctor's sister in Brooklyn, New York wishes to escape a sibling squabble over a necklace. The threads all connect at novel's end.
Subjects: Jewish families, Fiction, Russian Jews, Terrorists, Familles juives, Romans, nouvelles, Juifs russes, Terroristes
Places: Canada