![]() ![]() With cinematic sweep and tender observation, Sacha Lamb presents a totally original drama about individual purpose, the fluid nature of identity, and the power of love to change and endure. The streets are far from paved with gold. Corrupt officials, cruel mob bosses, murderers, poverty. ![]() Medical exams (and demons) at Ellis Island. When one of those young people, Essie, goes missing, Uriel and Little Ash set off to find her.Īlong the way the angel and demon encounter humans in need of their help, including Rose Cohen, whose best friend (and the love of her life) has abandoned her to marry a man, and Malke Shulman, whose father died mysteriously on his way to America.īut there are obstacles ahead of them as difficult as what they’ve left behind. the deep relationship of the two main characters, an angel and a demon, follows a lovely arc of frustration and resolution sacha effortlessly tied in these supernatural travelers’ story in with threads of immigration and justice. i was drawn in by the promise of queer jewish fantasy and was delivered all that and more. Pogroms and the search for a new life have drawn all the young people from their village to America. i adored this book and could hardly put it down until i finished it. The angel and the demon have been studying together for centuries, but ![]() Uriel the angel and Little Ash (short for Ashmedai) are the only two supernatural creatures in their shtetl (which is so tiny, it doesn’t have a name other than Shtetl). ![]()
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