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.
Belle Isle Books Matzo balls and christmas trees: memories of my jewish mother, paperback/randi wolf lauterbach
