Red, White and Blue
by Susan Isaacs
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A Jewish immigrant family in New York branches out, one lot assimilating by abandoning its Jewishness, the other retaining it. Several generations later they merge again, brought together by a militia incident in Wyoming, she a reporter for an eastern Jewish newspaper, he a western FBI agent, and it's love on sight. By the author of Lily White.Tags
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This book has an FBI agent and a newspaper reporter and a white supremacist bombing in Wyoming - all the elements of a mystery, but it's very different. The first half of the book delves into the four generations of each of the two main characters. In short, you have a mystery and an historical saga. It was pretty interesting.
This is an engaging mystery/generational saga combination. The characters are well drawn and realistic. It is an enjoyable story. Even the villains, who are pathetic, are somewhat sympathetic characters.
I didn't care for this book...It was to confusing the first half of the book going through generation after gereration of who and where the related characters came from. It was about generations of Ranchers, Landowners, and all Blacks, Jewish, Germans, Asians and The White Supermacy called Wrath". The second half of the book was more understanding and had a story to tell. I wanted to stop reading the book so many times but I gave the Author a chance to make it better before it ended. I have a hard time giving up on a book. I don't reconmend it as a good read. It's an older book. Published in 1998. Has anyone else read it and what is your opinion?
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Red, White and Blue
Wanted to read this book with the intent to learn new things. Wyoming is one place we've yet to visit but the subject matter also interested me.
Kinda hard to separate the older generation from the present. Starts out with an explosion in Wyoming and a group claim they did it. A reporter, Jewish from NYC has traveled there to find out the answers.
The group had targeted Jews and she wants to find out why. She does contact them to write the story that will be picked up by many other newspapers for publicity.
There is an agency that is also investigating but there is another explosion and again the group claim they did it.
Listening to this via audio tape made it very confusing for me with all the alternating chapters show more between the two that are finding clues and at some points not working together to solve the mystery.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device). show less
Wanted to read this book with the intent to learn new things. Wyoming is one place we've yet to visit but the subject matter also interested me.
Kinda hard to separate the older generation from the present. Starts out with an explosion in Wyoming and a group claim they did it. A reporter, Jewish from NYC has traveled there to find out the answers.
The group had targeted Jews and she wants to find out why. She does contact them to write the story that will be picked up by many other newspapers for publicity.
There is an agency that is also investigating but there is another explosion and again the group claim they did it.
Listening to this via audio tape made it very confusing for me with all the alternating chapters show more between the two that are finding clues and at some points not working together to solve the mystery.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device). show less
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Susan Isaacs was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 7, 1943. She graduated from Queens College and began her literary career as an administrative assistant at Seventeen magazine. Freelance writing and writing political speeches for Long Island politicians filled her spare time while she was home raising her children in the 1970s. Her first show more novel, Compromising Positions, was published in 1978 and adapted into a movie of the same title that starred Susan Sarandon and Raul Julia. Her other novels include Almost Paradise, Magic Hour, After All These Years, and Lily White. She wrote and co-produced the movie Hello Again which starred Shelley Long, Gabriel Byrne, and Judith Ivey. Her novel, Shining Through, was adapted into a movie starring Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith and Liam Neeson. She covered the 2000 presidential campaign for Newsday. She also reviewed books for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and Newsday. She has won numerous awards including the Writers for Writers Award, the Marymount Manhattan Writing Center Award, and the John Steinbeck Award. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1998
- Important places
- Wyoming, USA
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- Members
- 404
- Popularity
- 76,612
- Reviews
- 4
- Rating
- (3.30)
- Languages
- English, No linguistic content
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook
- ISBNs
- 16
- ASINs
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