The Sweetest Dream
Love, Lies, & Assassination
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Book Details
Language :
English
Publication Date :
5/29/2008
Format :
Softcover
Dimensions :
6x9
Page Count :
380
ISBN :
9780595490691
About the Book
"Marvelous for its history and insight a thoughtful, delightful window on the 30's. Whether in old New York City, rallies in Union Square, cafeterias or in Spain and Mexico Miriam struggles to reconcile her life and politics." -Lynne Stewart, Lawyer, Civil Rights Activist, Teacher
"Lillian Pollak is a wonderful story-teller the best way to learn a history of dance in New York City The device of Trotsky's life paralleling our heroines' is a beautiful trick. Read the book. They don't have lives like these anymore!" -Malachy McCourt, author "A Monk Swimming," actor "The book is well written; the two girls come to life as does Miriam's mother " -Annette Rubinstein, Shakespearian scholar, teacher, activistAbout the Author
Born in Hell?s Kitchen, NYC 1915, Lillian Pollack became a radical at sixteen, raised three kids, earned two graduate degrees at night and taught school for twenty-five years. Still active, she?s now a ?Raging Granny? marching and singing for peace.
In ?The Sweetest Dream? a lively, romantic, historical novel, Miriam and Ketzel, two pretty, feisty women, seek love and their own identity. Involved in the Communist Party, supporters of Leon Trotsky, they are unfortunately, unwitting companions of his assassin. The time is the thirties?the ?Great Depression,? the rich flowering of the arts, the sit-down strikes, the Spanish Civil War. Eventually, the women grow to realize, despite disappointing love affairs and disastrous world events, Trotsky?s great message: ?Life is beautiful ? Live it to the fullest.?