S/o your favorite novel as a teenager (jewish)

Sprinkles1

Sat, Dec 23 2023, 9:38 pm

rikki 1 wrote:

Yes, Meyer Bendet books were written so engrossing and interesting, especially at a time of so few Jewish books.

Who remembers the two volumes of The Orphan?

Also Our Man in Russia. I think that was his first book.

amother

Fuchsia

Sat, Dec 23 2023, 9:39 pm

Plonis bas Plonis wrote:

Maybe called dollhouse? I think I know which book you’re talking about but can’t remeber the name for sure

Dollhouse was about a little girl with divorced parents.
The book mentioned us about a girl Gili with a little sister Elisheva, can't remember the title.
Another favorite is The legacy by Miriam luxenberg. I must have read it tens of times growing up

amother

Gray

Sat, Dec 23 2023, 9:43 pm

I remember feeling very accomplished when I read 5 Novelettes by Dr Marcus Lehman compiled in a single volume.

Hashem_Yaazor

Sat, Dec 23 2023, 10:05 pm

amother Fuchsia wrote:

Hmm so not Bullied by Y. Kormornick with the main character Mashi. Can't remember her sister's name right now...

Iymnok

Sun, Dec 24 2023, 2:10 am

amother Jade wrote:

Spiders web

Dibs
The little Princess
The Secret Garden

The last 3 our teacher read to us in class

The Little Princess and The Secret Garden are wonderful books, but they are by Frances Hodgeson Burnett, not a Jew.

An old Marcus Lehman book in my parents basement was a favorite. His writing is beautiful, even translated. I still try to obtain every title I can, without breaking the bank.

amother

Bronze

Sun, Dec 24 2023, 3:02 am

amother Fuchsia wrote:

I know what book you are talking about- I loved it as child. I'm trying to remember the name.
It may have been translated from hebrew I can't remember.
The story definitely took place in Israel. (They lived in Bnei Brak and her grandparents in Yerushalayim)

I remember the front cover had a picture of a little girls hand holding her fathers hand

GLUE

Sun, Dec 24 2023, 7:14 am

Iymnok wrote:

An old Marcus Lehman book in my parents basement was a favorite. His writing is beautiful, even translated. I still try to obtain every title I can, without breaking the bank.

Someone was a few years ago thinking of reprinting them and translating the ones that were not. Not all of his books were translated from German.

Unfortantly nothing came about that.

amother

Steelblue

Sun, Dec 24 2023, 7:29 am

amother Yolk wrote:

sounds like maybe a chaim eliav book? I loved his novels as a teen.

I think this book is called yesterdays child

amother

Buttercup

Sun, Dec 24 2023, 10:41 am

Race to the Top, and Chocolate Liqueur by Sarah Kisner

Yours Truly by Chava Rosenberg

(read as adult, not teenager)

amother

Aquamarine

Sun, Dec 24 2023, 11:17 am

Rappel wrote:

There was another one - a boy, BT, on the cusp of getting married gets his family background called into question. Research reveals that in the past, a family member - maybe his aunt? - left the fold and was treated as dead by her family. Everything resolves at a graveside forgiveness scene.

Help with the title?

yesterday's child

Chayalle

Sun, Dec 24 2023, 1:55 pm

Hashem_Yaazor wrote:

Saadiah Weissman by Benzion Firer who also wrote The Twins and The Long Journey Home?
https://www.google.com/url?sa=.....jIETl

I read those when I was much too young probably....way before I was a teen.

I almost never remember characters' names from the books I've read, unless there was something very distinctive about the name. I'm amazed when people say something like, the protagonist was a girl named Chana....

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SuperWify

Sun, Dec 24 2023, 2:05 pm

Such nice memories, thanks for this thread!

I had the five novelettes by Marcus Lehman and I read them 12 times.

The adopted princess
Butasani
The family Y Aguilar

Can’t remember the others.
One where the husband goes off the derech and abandons his family. Anyone remember?

What a shame they sanitized the stories for todays readers and threw away those they thought don’t “pas” for todays generation.

SuperWify

Sun, Dec 24 2023, 2:06 pm

Chayalle wrote:

Wow I loved all his books. If I’m remembering correctly he himself was a Holocaust survivor?

amother

Marigold

Sun, Dec 24 2023, 2:06 pm

SuperWify wrote:

The agunah?

amother

Lemonchiffon

Sun, Dec 24 2023, 2:09 pm

amother Pansy wrote:

Heart Rythmes by Shuli Mensh
I probably read that book 30 times

Was waiting for this author! This as well as Mind Games which is still a favorite.

But of course True identity by Mayer Bendet will always be #1 for me Cool

Chayalle

Sun, Dec 24 2023, 2:10 pm

SuperWify wrote:

Wow I loved all his books. If I’m remembering correctly he himself was a Holocaust survivor?

I think so.

Chayalle

Sun, Dec 24 2023, 2:11 pm

amother Lemonchiffon wrote:

Was waiting for this author! This as well as Mind Games which is still a favorite.

But of course True identity by Mayer Bendet will always be #1 for me Cool

I remember The Highest Bidder was a good read, too.

SuperWify

Sun, Dec 24 2023, 2:12 pm

amother Marigold wrote:

The agunah?

I found it. looks like it was recently reprinted. I hope they stayed true to form.

Rabenu Gershom
Out of the depths
Unpaid ransom