Summary of Stella Suberman's The Jew Store

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 My parents were very different in temperament. My mother was the one who looked back, fretted, and viewed with alarm. My father lived for the future, and he always hoped for the best.
#2 When my father and his family arrived in Concordia, they were greeted by two brothers, T and Erv Medlin, who told them they had never before seen a Jew who wasn’t a peddler. When my father explained that he was opening a store there, the brothers were confused.
#3 The house of Brookie Simmons, the richest girl in Concordia, was a little different from the other two-story white frame houses in that it seemed wide rather than tall. It was perched on the roof of an attic that had ignored symmetry and simply shot itself off to one side.
#4 The Simmonses’ house was dark and smelt musty. My mother thought the beds were very soft, but she was nervous about the bathrooms. She didn’t know how much they were being charged, and when she asked my father, he said he didn’t ask or know.

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 21 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669356233
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Stella Suberman's The Jew Store
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

My parents were very different in temperament. My mother was the one who looked back, fretted, and viewed with alarm. My father lived for the future, and he always hoped for the best.

#2

When my father and his family arrived in Concordia, they were greeted by two brothers, T and Erv Medlin, who told them they had never before seen a Jew who wasn’t a peddler. When my father explained that he was opening a store there, the brothers were confused.

#3

The house of Brookie Simmons, the richest girl in Concordia, was a little different from the other two-story white frame houses in that it seemed wide rather than tall. It was perched on the roof of an attic that had ignored symmetry and simply shot itself off to one side.

#4

The Simmonses’ house was dark and smelt musty. My mother thought the beds were very soft, but she was nervous about the bathrooms. She didn’t know how much they were being charged, and when she asked my father, he said he didn’t ask or know.

#5

When my parents came to visit, they would always bring something for the Bronsons to eat. They would serve tea and ice in the silver goblets. My mother would always wonder why there was ice in her tea.

#6

My father told Miss Simmons that my mother had a rule to see her through that was approved by the rabbi’s wife. He didn’t want to think about the thing that lady had mentioned - whether the town would take to a Jew store. He got undressed and lay down beside my mother.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

My father grew up in a small town in Tennessee, and as a child he was always selling something. He was a born salesman.

#2

When my father arrived in New York, he was immediately thrown into the immigration scramble at Ellis Island. Though he could speak a little Russian, the immigration officials were competent in neither Yiddish nor Russian, and he was all at once in a muddle.

#3

My father arrived in New York City, and after a few days of searching for a job, he got one that didn’t require speaking English.