Revenge.Laura Blumenfeld. 2002. Read by the author. Abridged. 4 tapes. 6 hrs. Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. Audio. 0-7435-2106-4. $26.00. Cardboard, plastic; content notes. JSA JSA - Japanese Standards Association. An Jewish American journalist from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of becomes obsessed ob·sess v. ob·sessed, ob·sess·ing, ob·sess·es v.tr. To preoccupy the mind of excessively. v.intr. with finding the Palestinian who shot her father as he walked on a Jerusalem street in 1086, wounding him in the head. Although she claims that she wants revenge and explores the vengeance methods of several cultures, in truth Blumenfeld wants to discover the shooter's motivation and receive an apology from him, not to hurt him in return. In 1006 she travels to Israel and locates the militant's family. Without revealing her true identity to his relatives, claiming to be merely a reporter seeking a story on Israeli-Palestinian relations, she is warmly accepted and eventually meets the shooter himself, who is in an Israeli prison. An astonishing a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. relationship develops. Blumenfeld narrates this true story of her experiences as if she were personally talking to the listener. Speaking naturally, in a clipped New York accent, she tells of her changing emotions and portrays her own parents and stepparents, her new husband and her closest friend, along with the Palestinian family members, unsentimentally Adv. 1. unsentimentally - in an unsentimental manner; "unsentimentally, she threw out her dead son's toys" sentimentally - in a sentimental manner; "`I miss the good old days,' she added sentimentally" but with great affection. To know all may not quite be to forgive all, but the close personal relationship that develops between these Arabs and Jews is a giant step toward understanding and perhaps even peace. Pat Dole, Richmond, VA |
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