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Gussie and Luther - Couverture souple

Fox, Aaron

 
9781477641415: Gussie and Luther
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1477641416 ISBN 13 : 9781477641415
Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

During the depth of the Great Depression, a wino hooker passed out and froze to death in the alley next to Gussie and Sol Steinberg's little grocery store in the ghetto. She left behind a half starved, nine year old boy, Luther, whom the Steinbergs raised and educated as a son. Their biological son, Maxwell, brilliant and sensitive, resented Luther and eventually fled the ghetto for Harvard Law, a Wasp wife and a career in a white-shoe Boston law firm. When Sol dies, Luther reappears in Gussie's life, a handsome, conservatively dressed, "white-speaking" cocaine dealer who sells only to white professionals. Gussie loves Luther deeply and he persuades her to allow him to use the store as a front for a cocaine operation by convincing her that cocaine is a "harmless white man's party toy." The cocaine operation is so cleverly conceived that the police are baffled, humiliated and infuriated. Luther becomes a legend and Gussie fulfills her dream of regaining the respect of the black community, offering quality foods in a clean, attractive store. It seemed as though there would always be joy and prosperity at Steinbergs. But the little ghetto grocery store was fore-doomed and the two sons that had vied for Gussie's love are confronted with a wrenching dilemma when when Maxwell comes home to save his mother from prison. "...story of loyalty and love transcending race and time." -Kirkus Indie Reviews "The Steinbergs acceptance of the boy is striking...because Luther is black and they are white Jews..." -Kirkus Indie Reviews

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À propos de l'auteur

Aaron Fox is a World War II Marine veteran of the battle for Iwo Jima. He grew up in Cleveland, Ohio in the grim, depression 30's when mom and pop stores such as Steinberg's grocery and the characters that come to life in this novel were part of his life. Mr. Fox has a Masters Degree in Politcal Science from Case Western Reserve Unit. He lives with his beloved wife Ruthie in the quaint village of Chagrin Falls,Ohio along with James, an 85 pound lab-mix that insists on sleeping with them,

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Éditeur
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1477641416
ISBN 13 
9781477641415
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
278
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