The Baker's Son

Retired psychoanalyst Earle Silber shares his memories of growing up in a large Jewish family in Depression-era Baltimore. Filled with vivid and evocative details from the perspective of a child and the deep insights of a man looking back on his life and family, these stories of family, school, and growing up are moving and memorable. Best-selling author Judith Viorst (Necessary Losses) says, "Earle Silber brings the sights, smells, tastes, and texture of his Baltimore childhood to vivid life in this richly detailed, lovingly recollected memoir. Generous but unsentimental, both innocent and wise, The Baker's Son beautifully reconstructs and honors the past."