Kurtzman, Fred
Description
L'CHAYIM...To Life! is the fictionalized diary of a young Jewish boy growing up in small town America. Starting from just before his Bar Mitzvah, in 1
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967, the author takes us through his young and short life to the end in 1978. In it we learn of his hopes and dreams, fears and failures, and loves and successes. Things that a young boy would not discuss wiht anyone but himself. We feel what life is for him to learn about dating, how he tried to understand his parents and how he tried to get them to understand him. We experience first hand how he learns about life through his love and caring for animals. And although we never learn his name and his life is short, we start to understand the person he was to become. In turn we start to understand how many of us "babyboomers" of today got our outlook on life.
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