In the Beginning

Chaim Potok
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David Lurie learns that all beginnings are hard. He must fight for his place against the bullies in his Depression-shadowed Bronx neighborhood and his own frail health. As a young man, he must start anew and define his own path of personal belief that diverges sharply with his devout father and everything he has been taught...
Genres: FictionJewishHistorical FictionJudaismLiteratureReligionNovelsLiterary FictionJudaicaClassics
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