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A FEW SMALL STONES

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​The linked stories of A FEW SMALL STONES follow Alice and her extended immigrant family in 1940s New York City as they cope with the upheavals before, during and after World War II. The stories show the pain of separation and the guilt of survival, the price of upward mobility, and the ultimate disintegration of family. In one story, the sexism of the period devastates a brother and sister. Another examines the city’s racial divide, and still another takes us to a rally on the beaches in the summer of 1940 and the violent conflict between neo-Nazi isolationists and those who wanted to enter the war against Hitler and prevent the annihilation of Jews.

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Although A FEW SMALL STONES occurs in a particular place from 1939 to 1948, immigrants and their families in every era will recognize the difficulty of adapting and adjusting to a new culture, language and land. Readers from all backgrounds will identify with the alliances and feuds, the jealousies and pains, the illness and death that divide and destroy families and the surprising acts of generosity and love that can bring reconciliation.

In December 2017, Marilyn Katz passed away. With heart in mind, Unsolicited Press and her family decided to continue with publication. This book solidifies everything Marilyn Katz was as an author and a human being. All proceeds from this book will be donated to the Children's Literacy Foundation.

​The linked stories of A FEW SMALL STONES follow Alice and her extended immigrant family in 1940s New York City as they cope with the upheavals before, during and after World War II. The stories show the pain of separation and the guilt of survival, the price of upward mobility, and the ultimate disintegration of family. In one story, the sexism of the period devastates a brother and sister. Another examines the city’s racial divide, and still another takes us to a rally on the beaches in the summer of 1940 and the violent conflict between neo-Nazi isolationists and those who wanted to enter the war against Hitler and prevent the annihilation of Jews.

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Although A FEW SMALL STONES occurs in a particular place from 1939 to 1948, immigrants and their families in every era will recognize the difficulty of adapting and adjusting to a new culture, language and land. Readers from all backgrounds will identify with the alliances and feuds, the jealousies and pains, the illness and death that divide and destroy families and the surprising acts of generosity and love that can bring reconciliation.

In December 2017, Marilyn Katz passed away. With heart in mind, Unsolicited Press and her family decided to continue with publication. This book solidifies everything Marilyn Katz was as an author and a human being. All proceeds from this book will be donated to the Children's Literacy Foundation.

About MARILYN OGUS KATZ

Marilyn Ogus Katz was an author based in New York City. Her stories were published in numerous journals, including the Tupelo Quarterly and Hadassah Magazine. Her short story, Life List, won Writer's Digest's best short shorts competition in 2015. A collection of her stories, A Few Small Stones, was published in 2018 by Unsolicited Press. She completed the final revisions on her novel, The Old City, which followed one of the characters from A Few Small Stones back to Eastern Europe in 1939-1940, where he and his family were caught between Hitler and Stalin. Katz served as the Dean of Studies and Student Life at Sarah Lawrence College for almost twenty years and continued as a consultant to the president.

 

  • Genre: Fiction (Stories)

    ISBN: 978-1947021150

    Publication Date: January 12, 2018