About the Dybbuks: Jewish Historical Fiction From Pittsburgh's Hill District (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781937207212)

Sue Lindenberg McClelland is a retired Marriage and Family Therapist with an additional master's degree in Fine Arts and Fiction. She grew up in Pittsburgh's Hill District, where her father, Sidney Joseph Lindenberg (Lindy) had spent his childhood as a first generation son of parents who had immigrated from Riga, Latvia in the early 1900's. As part of her master's degree program at Eastern Washington University, she wrote "About the Dybbuks" which is a series of interconnected short stories "my father never told." It is based on snippets of the stories her father did tell and interviews of people who also grew up in the Pittsburgh's Hill District. Table of Contents Dedication5 Acknowledgements7 About the Author9 Prologue13 Streetcar19 Making A Comeback31 Rosary43 The Cat67 Geezer83 Now You Are A Man93 The Black Hand101 The Passover Bunny115 Irish Mist131 Epilogue147 Glossary153

Author: Sue Lindenberg McClelland
ISBN-10: 1937207218
ISBN-13: 9781937207212
Publisher: Creating Calm Network Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 08/03/2016
Pages: 156
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.33d