A Need to Belong

ISBN: 0595090273

Author: I. F. Rose

Condition: Used

From birth, David Rozinsky fought to belong, first within his dysfunctional familya mother who hated him and favored his twin brother, and a milquetoast father who obediently kept his distancethen, as he matured, for acceptance in the land of his birth, only to find that he must pay for its undeniable freedoms and creature comforts with barbs of intolerance and a threatened loss of identity. When he and his wife finally say "enough" and emigrate to Israel, the struggle for a place to belong takes on a different reality, as they try to adjust to a foreign mentality and David fights to pierce the bond between ex-army cronies, who feel threatened by his talents and special skills. At the end comes the question: "Which world will he choose?"