Solomon The Accountant
by Edward M. Krauss
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Pub Date Jan 29 2018 | Archive Date Jul 14 2018
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Description
Solomon the Accountant is the story of a young man who falls in love with Molly. He first meets her at the funeral of her husband, killed in an accident after less than a year of marriage. She is heartbroken and devastated, with a new love the last thing on her mind. Solomon’s effort gently, carefully to win Molly’s heart is the core of the novel.
The story is set in a middle-class Jewish community in Toledo, Ohio, in 1950. References to television shows, automobiles, the price of clothing, popular music, and other items have been carefully researched. The thread of Judaism, and Jewish home life, is woven throughout.
A side story involves Solomon’s best friend, Herman, and his girlfriend Deborah. She is ready to marry, he is almost but not quite, and Solomon is caught between them as they seek his advice and support.
The novel celebrates respect for family and elders, true love and long marriages, young love with an unusual situation to overcome, all with a sprinkling of Yiddish.
Solomon The Accountant is available for purchase in print and ebook formats.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781945975721 |
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Featured Reviews
Amy F, Reviewer
This was a very enjoyable read. Set in quiet, 1950's Toledo, Ohio--Solomon "the Accountant" first meets Molly "the widow" when he is going to the funeral home on routine business. When he arrives, he notices the ongoing funeral for Darren Manion, a young man married for only 10 months, killed in a motorcycle accident. He knows a friend of the deceased and decides to come in for the service. He is instantly struck by Molly's beauty and make 3 shiva calls in the 7 days.
There is the parallel love story of Solomon's best friend Herman and his long-time girlfriend, Deborah. They've been taking things a bit "too far" and neither wants to risk an unintended pregnancy. Eventually both stories intertwine in a very pleasant way. At times, I laughed with the Yiddish/Jewish humor--like feeding someone beyond the stuffing point or telling Solomon he'd have to stand the entire Yom Kippur service for "lusting" after a new widow, but other times I felt somewhat sad because the close-knit community of friends with whom I was raised through all of their same childhood bonds, are now scattered across the country--far away from our hometown of Buffalo, New York. The feelings of friendship, love, loss and family cross all cultural and religious lines. In 1999, my husband, a Sicilian who chose to be a nice Jewish boy, asked my father for my hand in marriage--so not all is lost.
*** Thanks to NetGalley for a complimentary copy of this book. My review is voluntary,
