Shadow Song: Shadow SongIn the summer of 1955, Madison Lee "Bobo" Murphy was a waiter at the Catskills' Pine Hill Inn. A rural Southerner, he had never heard the word meshugge until Avrum Feldman -- a retired New York City furrier -- became his unlikely friend. For Bobo, nothing about that special time and place ever lost its glow: Avrum's obsession with the haunting voice of a famous opera diva, music that no one else could hear; the exotic mingling of Yiddish and German in the dining room; and the girl he met and loved. In everyone's life, Avrum claimed, there is one grand, undeniable moment that never stops mattering. For Bobo, it was his first glimpse of beautiful Amy Lourie. But, for a wealthy Jewish girl and a Georgia farm boy, the summer had to end, leaving Bobo with the pain of lost love. Nearly forty years later, his children grown and marriage comfortably routine, Bobo comes north once more; there, amidst the haunting hints of Amy's presence, she unexpectedly appears. Nothing has dimmed the passion of their youth, yet two lifetimes and a thousand Catskills sunsets stand between who they were and who they have become. The barriers between them are different now. But mysteriously, miraculously, Bobo reawakens the dream of a love larger than himself.... |
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... ? " he said , puzzled . " Why should I see a doc- tor ? What's a doctor got to do with anything ? " I apologized to him . " I just wondered . I thought if you wanted somebody to walk you back to your room , 13 Shadow Song.
... ? " he said , puzzled . " Why should I see a doc- tor ? What's a doctor got to do with anything ? " I apologized to him . " I just wondered . I thought if you wanted somebody to walk you back to your room , 13 Shadow Song.
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... wondered if this would be the last time I would take the slow , melancholy drive into the Catskills , past the towns and villages and streams with names like poems . Since 1955 , I had returned every few years to visit Avrum . At least ...
... wondered if this would be the last time I would take the slow , melancholy drive into the Catskills , past the towns and villages and streams with names like poems . Since 1955 , I had returned every few years to visit Avrum . At least ...
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... I did not know what kartoffel suppe was and I wondered if my mother , who was a renowned cook in our community , would like it . I thought she would . I was hungry and I finished it quickly . " So , was it good ? " Nora Dowling 38 Terry ...
... I did not know what kartoffel suppe was and I wondered if my mother , who was a renowned cook in our community , would like it . I thought she would . I was hungry and I finished it quickly . " So , was it good ? " Nora Dowling 38 Terry ...
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Contents
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Section 2 | 53 |
Section 3 | 75 |
Section 4 | 89 |
Section 5 | 111 |
Section 6 | 129 |
Section 7 | 147 |
Section 8 | 162 |
Section 14 | 237 |
Section 15 | 251 |
Section 16 | 260 |
Section 17 | 270 |
Section 18 | 279 |
Section 19 | 306 |
Section 20 | 320 |
Section 21 | 337 |
Section 9 | 176 |
Section 10 | 189 |
Section 11 | 202 |
Section 12 | 212 |
Section 13 | 227 |
Section 22 | 349 |
Section 23 | 358 |
Section 24 | 377 |
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