Mr. and Mrs. Rosen are in their mid-60s. Mr. Rosen owns a chain of drug stores in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Mrs. Rosen, because of health issues, is now a housewife. Downsizing, they have recently moved into a smaller house which is easier for Mrs. Rosen to take care of. Mr. Rosen is an introvert and his happy letting his more extroverted wife direct his life.

Next door to the Rosens are the Dixons. Because their nine-year-old son, Dewey, always calls Mr. Rosen "Mr. Jew", Mr. Rosen ignores the boy. But an accident brings the two families together and Mr. Rosen discovers that Dewey's father is a racist and Dewey is innocently repeating what he hears from his father. Dewey and his mother, Lisa, become friends the Rosens, and Mr. Rosen's world opens up.

This is the first book I've read by this author and I enjoyed it. The story takes place in the mid-1970s in Spryfield, a community in Halifax where my sister lives (so I've driven on some of the roads and been to some of the places mentioned in the book). It's before computers (they played old-school games like Trouble and Monopoly), cell phones, etc. The Rosens don't have a TV and spend a lot of their time reading books.

I liked the writing style and connected with the characters. I liked that the story took place in the present (well, the 1970s) and jumped back to tell the background stories of Avriel and Ruth Rosen and Lisa and Paul Dixon.

It is the first in the "Herring Cove Road" series and I look forward to reading the other three.

This is a book I heard about four months ago, so I was excited to read it and review. I read it in one day, because I could not put it down. I was so interested in the story of the Rosen and Dixon's families. I am looking forward to reading the remaining books n the series.

I really enjoyed the book, but I didn't realize it was part of a series. Very good tale about tolerance of others, and the value of all people. I especially liked the link of a young child with an older (non-relative) person and the lessons that can be learned.

Great Book! I look forward to reading the next parts.

My five star ratings are few and far between and I am so happy to have found one more to add to my collection. Mr. Jew and the Goy Boy is an absolute treasure that will tug at your heart strings one moment and have you grinning and laughing out loud at the next.

I fell in love with the colorful characters and hated to come to the end of their story...but then I had a wonderful surprise. There's more! Their story continues in the next installment of the Herring Cove Road series. I can't wait to get my hands on the rest of the series!

A wonderful, warm, human, sweet, satisfying story. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

Denise the menace in a realistic book., which is what lead me to the book in the first place. I loved it I really did. This is the second in the series and I missed the first, I will go back and read the first but I was okayish with not reading it, however drawn and really want to read it now! The character is warm and its funny, though it is emotional. I love the mix!

Avriel Rozen returned from World War II a broken man. His wife Ruth loves him dearly and has taken care of this quite introverted man who was once the life of every party. The date is 1976 and the setting is in Halifax, Canada. Ruth is a strong and intelligent woman who runs the business, manages the finances, and provides a loving home for herself and Avriel. A childless couple they are now settled in their retirement years. Ruth suffers from a heart condition that is progressively getting worse. Ruth makes the decision to sell the business, move to a smaller home, and to enjoyed their retirement years together.
Avriel keeps to himself and goes along with whatever Ruth decides is the best thing to do. All is going well until one day the young neighbor boy, Dewey, rides his bike down the hill and smashes head on into Avriel's car. The accident brings the two families together. Dewey survives with a few cuts, bruises and a fractured arm. Dewey and his mother, Lisa, then came to know the Rozen's and a new friendship begins to form. At first Avriel finds his wife's friendship with the neighbors to be intrusive and disturbing but that does not last long. For the first time in many years, Avriel allowes others to become important in his life. Dewey And Lisa are now his new friends.
I don't want to give away any more of the story, but the bike accident and the relationship with these neighbors had a major impact on Avriel's life. I love the characters Avriel, Ruth, Dewey and Lisa but definately not Lisa's abusive and drunken husband, Paul. One day Lisa decides to take a stand and she lockes her husband out of the house. Things do not go as she originally planned and what happened that day forever changed the course of all their lives.
This is wonderfully written story of pure and unconditional love and of loss. This is also a story of a young woman and her child leaving a terrible life behind with the help and support of a once isolated and dependent old man. A horrible tragedy that initially devastated Avriel, was in time able to bring back to life the man that he once was. This was a truly moving and enjoyable book. .
I received a copy of this book from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

An absolute jewel of a book about the power of love and bonds that can develop between people of different generations. I loved it and am sure that you will as well.

Excerpt from Review: "...The story of On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Jew and the Goy Boy was captivating. Every time I had to put this book down, it was with loathing for whatever menial task – such as work, sleep, etc. – caused me to do so..."

I received a digital copy of this book as an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) in return for an honest review.
Mr. and Mrs. Rosen, an older Jewish couple, moved into a new neighborhood and quickly met the 9-year-old boy who lived next door with his mother and (racist, bigoted, alcoholic) father. Dewey (the boy) and his mother get to know the elderly, childless pair, quite well. While Mr. Rosen maintains a rather gruff exterior and acts as though he would prefer to spend his time alone (or at least with only his wife as company), he ends up spending more and more time with Dewey, who has grown on him. The story takes place in the 70's in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada--the time period is somewhat evident to me when Dewey and Mr. Rosen play various board games (the ones I played when I was a kid in the 70's)! While it's heart-warming to see Mrs. Rosen take Dewey's mother, Lisa, under her wing, what impresses me most is the way Dewey and Mr. Rosen end up bringing each other out of their respective shells.