A Father's Word

This is a novel written through the eyes of four teenage boys who must come to grips with a changing neighborhood. Two of the boys are Jewish, one whose heritage is that of an Iraqi Jew and the other an Eastern European Jew. Two boys are Catholic, one who has grown up with a hatred for Jews and the other whose feelings are undefined and uncertain. Their beliefs are threatened while conflicts occur. The boys struggle to deal with the conflicts, the uncertainty of their beliefs. The book expl...