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Among the Living
Among the Living | Jonathan Rabb
A moving novel about a Holocaust survivor's unconventional journey back to a new normal in 1940s Savannah, Georgia. In late summer 1947, thirty-one-year-old Yitzhak Goldah, a camp survivor, arrives in Savannah to live with his only remaining relatives. They are Abe and Pearl Jesler, older, childless, and an integral part of the thriving Jewish community that has been in Georgia since the founding of the colony. There, Yitzhak discovers a fractured world, where Reform and Conservative Jews live separate lives--distinctions, to him, that are meaningless given what he has been through. He further complicates things when, much to the Jeslers' dismay, he falls in love with Eva, a young widow within the Reform community. When a woman from Yitzhak's past suddenly appears--one who is even more shattered than he is--Yitzhak must choose between a dark and tortured familiarity and the promise of a bright new life. Set amid the backdrop of America's postwar south, Among the Living grapples with questions of identity and belonging, and steps beyond the Jewish experience as it situates Yitzhak's story during the last gasp of the Jim Crow era. Yitzhak begins to find echoes of his own experience in the lives of the black family who work for the Jeslers--an affinity he does not share with the Jeslers themselves. This realization both surprises and convinces Yitzhak that his choices are not as clear-cut as he might have thought.
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Well-ReadNeck
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tammysue Wonderful review! Stacked! 👍🏻 5y
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Well-ReadNeck
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Loved this novel set in Savannah, Georgia immediately after WWII. The protagonist is Jewish concentration camp survivor coming to the US to live with relatives. This beautifully written novel addresses survivorship and racial prejudice even after the war and is, ultimately, a hopeful and important book. Looking forward to hearing the author at this year‘s Decatur Book Festival next weekend!!! #DBF2018

rmaclean4 I hope to make it to the Decater book fair someday!! 6y
REPollock OMG I loved this book! 6y
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Another one I loved for a great price today!

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Gittelbooks
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I don't do Holocaust. Too painful. But although Among the Living is a tale of survivors it is so much more. Set in immediate post-war Savannah, this novel traces the journey of one man from the camps in Europe to the embrace of family in Georgia. Along the way life intervenes as it always does. The writing is spare and eloquent with knowing nuggets of insight that just stopped me in my tracks. An affirmation of humanity. Very highly recommended.

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#TBRtemptation post! Yitzhak is a Holocaust survivor who moves to Savannah, Georgia in 1947 to be with relatives and start life anew. He finds the Jewish community divided by Reformers & Conservatives. He falls in love with widowed Eva. Then a woman appears from his past, even more broken than he has been. He must choose between a dark familiarity & a bright new life. And there's help from the black family he befriends. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 7y
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Itchyfeetreader
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At times this felt like a fight between 2 different books – 1 a slow and thoughtful character read and 1 an action oriented good guys / bad guys book and the disconnect was jarring but still this was an enjoyable and thought provoking read

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Pelican71
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Set in Savannah, Georgia after the Holocaust, "Among the Living" follows a survivor as he tries to move on with his life. The main character sees prejudice between the races as well as tension between two different types of Jewish people.

I really enjoyed this book! ☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️

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Itchyfeetreader That final line is the part of this book that has most stayed with me. 7y
Pelican71 @Itchyfeetreader Same. I recommended this book to a friend the other day. I really enjoyed it. 7y
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Kira
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Post WWII Savannah. Loved the pacing, heartfelt story and social critique.

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BethFishReads
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Set in 1947. A Czech Holicaust survivor ends up in Savannah, GA, living w/ American cousins. A story of contrasts, of fitting in, of facing hard truths, of prejudice. Different ways of being Jewish. "Yitzhak Goldah pressed his sallow brow to the glass and stared out at the slowing platform. It was late summer and he felt the beads of sweat gather like warm rain on his skin." #OnMyList #FirstLines #JewLit

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Quick minute to say that the finished books have arrived for AMONG THE LIVING by Jonathan Rabb (Oct 4). This book is a haunting portrayal of a Jewish man who survived the Holocaust and moves to Savannah, GA, experiencing the Jim Crow south of the late 1940s. Books like these are the reason I love my job so much. Jonathan Rabb will on tour throughout October and November. Definitely give this great book a try! ⭐️

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JewishBookCouncil
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A Holocaust survivor lands in Jim Crow Savannah, where tensions between the Reform and Conservative Jewish Communities run high. (Read the full review here: http://bit.ly/2cayZZy) #JewLit

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A Holocaust survivor moving to Savannah to heal rebuild his past.A Jewish community welcoming him full of drama&life's.complications. I was drawn in from the first pages.