| Sara is filled with dreams of a new beginning when she leaves Cape Town with her five young children to join her brother Meyer in the small American town of Little Falls. Her husband has died and the war has ended. All her loved ones have perished and the brother and sister long to reunite, remembering the camaraderie of their childhood in the Lithuanian village. The brother Sara encounters bears no resemblance to the boy who left their village in 1923 with the dream of America. Meyer is a dour, disillusioned figure who has abandoned his youthful passion. He presents the family as his charity case, determined to gain standing in the Jewish community. Libka, the eldest daughter, fresh out of private school, is sent to textile mills for job interviews. She endures an arranged courtship with a stodgy older man, while being spied upon by a woman out to snatch the man as a husband for her own daughter. As Libka plots an escape, Sara is faced with a dilemma when she receives a declaration of love from a Cape Town suitor. Lily Poritz Miller brings us this story of love, displacement and betrayal with the same deft hand as her first novel, In a Pale Blue Light. Master of setting and character, she captures the trivial goals and stifling milieu of Little Falls with an acerbic wit that leaves us gasping in laughter and indignation. |
| Lily Poritz Miller was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and came to the United States with her family when she was fifteen. She began her editorial career in book publishing in New York at The Macmillan Company and later McGraw-Hill, then moved to Toronto, where she was senior editor at McClelland and Stewart for eighteen years. She has written three plays, which were performed in New York and Toronto, and received a Samuel French national award for her play The Proud One. Her short stories were published in the anthology American Scene: New Voices. She has also written for film. In 2009 her novel In a Pale Blue Light was published to critical acclaim. She presently divides her time between Cape Cod and Mexico. |
| The Newcomers a novel Author: Lily Poritz Miller Publication: October 2013 Print ISBN: 9781927513163 List Price: $19.95 216 pages Format: Trade paperback/French flaps Sumach Press |
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| THE NEWCOMERS a novel by Lily Poritz Miller a sequel to In a Pale Blue Light |
| "Lily Poritz Miller creates realistic and memorable characters and weaves a gripping tale..." Canadian Jewish News |
| EVENTS Barbara Frum Library Wednesday, November 13, 2013 7 pm Ben McNally Books Launch - Thursday, November 28, 6-8 pm Rogers TV (Cable 10) Thursday, December 12, 6:30 pm For early birds: Sunday, December 8, 8:00 am |
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