Life Fragments

About the Book

Murder
Conspiracy
Love
A touch of humor
In this collection you will meet…
A tailor in pre-World War Two Ukraine who is seeming shadowed by misfortune
A small-time Brooklyn thug as he attempts to carve out a legitimate career
A young girl struggling to live a normal life after an incident of horrific abuse
A Holocaust survivor bravely fighting for justice


These are just some of the people who are profiled against a background of beautiful poetry and fascinating narrative as they endeavor to resolve the conflicts in their individual “fragment of life.”

About the Author

Bette Cyzner was born in Brooklyn, but has lived most of her life in Forest Hills, New York. She attended Hunter College, where she received a BA in English, and an MS in Special Education.

After retiring from a teaching career that spanned over thirty years in the New York City Public School system, Bette finally found the time to pursue her lifelong dream of writing.

Her work has been published in “The Jewish Week,” as well as in “The Jewish Press,” and in the anthologies “Reflections” and “New York Life Times Ten.” She is the author of the suspense novel “Something is Very Wrong.”