The Coin
Published on 25. June 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
404 pages
978-1-951188-25-2 (ISBN)
Description
A Multigenerational Novel of a Jewish Family Escaping the Shtetls of Eastern Europe
In the 11th century, Jewish residents of a European town choose suicide over being massacred by rampaging Crusader knights. Only one boy survives, and he holds a coin, "The Hand of God," which gets passed from father to son through succeeding generations.
Jack Perle, a street-wise youth deserted by his parents, makes his way from a shtetl in Eastern Europe to the docks of Philadelphia where he leads a criminal enterprise and plots to collect an unforgivable debt from his estranged father and family. His actions cause his life to change in ways he could never imagine
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
583 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-951188-25-2 (9781951188252)
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Person
Dr. Barry Kaplan has led many lives within his lifetime. He has served as both a U.S. Army Captain and an American Peace Corp volunteer. He has helmed mental health facilities for youth and bereavement groups for senior citizens. After rising through traditional ranks to serve as President of his regional Psychiatric Society, he worked as a consultant at the innovative Upledger Institute, renowned for its pioneering techniques in whole-body healing. Along the way, he and his wife raised and successfully launched four kids.Barry was born in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pa.; a once thriving community of Jewish immigrants which features as a location in The Coin. Like the story's protagonist, Barry's father traveled from eastern Europe to America as a child on his own. Although the character similarities end there, such courageous voyagers are a hallmark of many American families. Barry has crafted The Coin in memory of all those family heroes, flawed and foible-filled, to whom we owe absolutely everything.