Swimming Toward the Ocean A Novel

Name: Swimming Toward the Ocean A Novel
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ISBN: 9780385721769

ISBN-10: 0385721765

ISBN-13: 9780385721769

Edition: Reprint

Authors: Carole L. Glickfeld

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Chenia Arnow is a Russian-Jewish immigrant in 1950s New York, a sharp-witted, Betty Grable look-alike whose accent and Old-World superstitions mask untapped passions and intellectual curiosity. Her husband Ruben is a handsome philanderer who has a knack for creating phony lawsuits. Their precocious daughter Devorah, tells–and often imagines–the richly involving story of their lives. No one expects the devoted Chenia to fall under the spell of a lover of her own, but the Arnows' lives unfold in many surprises. In tart and seductive storytelling, Swimming Toward the Ocean follows husbands and wives and children through often shifting and misguided connections, illuminating the timeless…

Book details

List price: $14.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/26/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.17" wide x 8.00" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

CArole L. Glickfeld lives in Seattle, Washington.