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Up from Orchard Street

Part memoir, part social history, part fiction.

character-lover

NOV

2007

In her afterword, the author tells us that this book is "part memoir, part social history and part fiction." I had the good fortune to listen to this book as an unabridged audio book. It was read by a woman who had the perfect voice and Yiddish accent. From the first moment, I was drawn into the Roth family and the teaming streets of the Jewish ghetto in New York. I bonded with the characters and couldn't wait to have a chance to listen to just a bit more; I was truly saddened when the book came to an end, feeling like I had lost some very close friends. I recommended it to a friend and... read full review »