Be Still, My Soul.Be Still, My Soul Richard Shain Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. 1st Books Library Gulotta Communications (publicity) 1663 South Liberty Drive, #2, Bloomington, IN 47403-5162 1414037309 $32.95 1-800-839-8640 www.1stbooks.com It's the eve of World War II. Aaron Lobel is an immigrant Jew, a Boston doctor, had married into a wealth Catholic family, and after thirty years of marriage to Jocelyn, has sired four sons. But Aaron's life is now complicated as he struggles to keep his sons from enlisting in the army, deal with German double agents marrying into the fmily--not to mention spies spies n. Plural of spy. v. Third person singular present tense of spy. for British Intelligence who are already in the family. In recreating the world of the opening pre-war years of the 1940s, author Richard Cohen Several people are named Richard Cohen:
adj. 1. Extremely careful and precise. 2. Extremely or excessively concerned with details. [From Latin met attention to historical detail enhancing his fast-paced narrative. Engagingly written, Be Still, My Soul reveals that no family, no matter how privileged, was able to stave off stave n. 1. A narrow strip of wood forming part of the sides of a barrel, tub, or similar structure. 2. A rung of a ladder or chair. 3. A staff or cudgel. 4. Music See staff1. the effects of one of the most destructive and wide-flung wars of recorded human history. |
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