Chaim Potok
â€œA superb mirror of a place, a time, and a group of people who capture our immediate interest and hold it tightly.â€ â€” ,The Philadelphia Inquirer,Young Reuven Malter is unsure of himself and his place in life. An unconventional scholar, he struggles for recognition from his teachers. With his old friend Danny Saundersâ€”who himself had abandoned the legacy as the chosen heir to his father's rabbinical dynasty for the uncertain life of a healer â€” Reuven battles to save a sensitive boy imprisoned by his genius and rage. Painfully, triumphantly, Reuven's understanding of himself, though the boy change, as he starts to approach the peace he has long soughtâ€¦
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The Promise