Peace in the House: Tales from a Yiddish Kitchen Hardcover by Faye Moskowitz (David R Godine)

 A collection of tales about growing up female, Jewish and smart. Here are stories of her parents, their extended families, their neighbors and landsleit, and finally of her own coming of age in America. What did it mean to this generation to assimilate, to “fit in,” to leave a threatened culture and embrace the modern world? “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” is my personal favorite — here the author recalls her mother’s struggle with breast cancer and revisits her own fear of as well as her own experiences with cancer. This is a story about family secrets, about sickness and about death. A story about beginnings and endings, it is also a story about vulnerability.