Fiction.
Jewish Studies.
Montaigne Medal Finalist.
Winner of the G.
Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction, selected by Marge Piercy.
HEIRLOOMS begins in the French seaside city of Saint-Malo, in 1939, and ends in the American Midwest in 1989.
In these linked stories, the war reverberates through four generations of a Jewish family.
Inspired by the author's family stories as well as extensive research, HEIRLOOMS explores assumptions about love, duty, memory and truth.