Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English
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Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English by Natasha Solomons
In her tender, sweetly comic debut, Natasha Solomons tells the captivating love story of a Jewish immigrant couple making a new life--and their wildest dreams--come true in WI-era England.
At the outset of World War I, Jewish refugees Jack Rosenblum, his wife Sadie, and their baby daughter escape Berlin, bound for London. They are greeted with a pamphlet instructing immigrants how to act like the English. Jack acquires Savile Row suits and a Jaguar. He buys his marmalade from Fortnum & Mason and learns to list the entire British monarchy back to 913 A.D. He never speaks German, apart from the occasional curse.
But the one key item that would make him feel fully British--membership in a golf club--remains elusive. In post-war England, no golf club will admit a Rosenblum. Jack hatches a wild idea: he'll build his own.
It's an obsession Sadie does not share, particularly when Jack relocates them to a thatched roof cottage in Dorset to embark on his project. She doesn't want to forget who they are or where they come from. She wants to bake the cakes she used to serve to friends in the old country and reminisce. Now she's stuck in an inhospitable landscape filled with unwelcoming people, watching their bank account shrink as Jack pursues his quixotic dream.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780316077583 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316077585 |
| Title | Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English |
| Author | Natasha Solomons |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Reagan Arthur Books |
| Year published | 2010-06-21 |
| Number of pages | 357 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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