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Ecco
February 2005
Featuring: Valentine Kessler; Miriam Kessler
321 pages
ISBN: 0060520876
Trade Size (reprint)
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Contemporary
In Brooklyn, in the Age of Disco, Valentine Kessler -- a
sweet Jewish girl who bears a remarkable resemblance to the
Virgin Mary of Lourdes -- has an unerring gift for
shattering the dreams and hopes of those who love her.
Miriam, her long-suffering mother, betrayed and anguished
by the husband she adores, seeks solace in daily games of
mah-jongg with The Girls, a cross between a Greek Chorus
and Brooklyn's rendition of the Three Wise Men, who
dispense advice, predictions, and care in the form of poppy-
seed cake and apple strudels. When her greatest fear for
Valentine is realized, Miriam takes comfort in the thought
that it couldn't get any worse. And then it does. Sagacious, sorrowful, and hilarious, An Almost Perfect
Moment is a novel about mothers and daughters, star-crossed
lovers, doctrines of the divine, and a colorful Jewish
community that once defined Brooklyn.
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