Illuminates the sorrows and triumphs of three generations of sisters from an American Jewish family. This book explores the yearnings, loves, and struggles of women who try to adapt the Jewish rituals of the ""old country"" to the requirements of the new world.

Merrill Joan Gerber is a prize-winning novelist and short story writer. Her novel, Tbe Kingdom of Brooklyn, won the Ribalow Award from Hadassah Magazine. She teaches fiction writing at the California Institute of Technology.