Matzo Balls and Christmas Trees: Memories of My Jewish Mother (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781939930170)

The holidays bring a special ache to those who have lost a loved one in December. The winter of 1974 rendered Randi Wolf Lauterbach a twenty-two-year-old orphan and changed her world forever. Thirty-seven years later, with the anniversaries of her parents' deaths approaching, Randi's mind was immersed in thoughts of her mother-thoughts clamoring to be recorded. A first-generation Jewish-American, Margaret Wolf possessed a sharp wit, a penchant for music and gambling, and a strong foothold in her cross-cultural community of family, friends, and neighbors. When she passed suddenly, the woman who had seemed larger than life became but a memory cradled in the hearts of those who knew her. But, oh, what memories she left Framed with humor, nostalgia, and warmth, Matzo Balls and Christmas Trees paints a timeless portrait of familial love-a love that transcends life and death and is renewed with each passing season.

Author: Randi Wolf Lauterbach
ISBN-10: 1939930170
ISBN-13: 9781939930170
Publisher: Belle Isle Books
Language: English
Published: 11/25/2013
Pages: 104
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.22d