Feeding Mrs. Moskowitz and the Caregiver

by Pokras, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9780815609780
• ISBN10: 0815609787
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-30
• Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr

Summary

In this kindred pair of novellas, sisters Barbara Pokras and Fran Pokras Yariv explore the world of the elderly with deft humor and heart-wrenching detail. Pokras's Feeding Mrs. Moskowitz introduces us to the remarkable Golde Moskowitz, an elderly Russian widow living alone with her memories. In Golde's world, " are everywhere, the dead converse with the living, and even dreams are real. Natalie Holtzman, a thirty-six-year-old graphic artist longing for connection, fills her world with work and with Artie, her commitment-averse boyfriend. One sweltering summer morning, Natalie quite literally "runs into" Mrs. Moskowitz, and the lives of both women are forever changed.

Table of Contents

Feeding Mrs. Moskowit
Acknowledgments	p. 5
The Accident	p. 6
The Honeymoon	p. 32
Sometimes They Eat Their Young	p. 53
A Little Happiness	p. 77
Epilogue	p. 84
The Caregiver
Acknowledgments	p. 93
A Bad Day for Pisces	p. 94
The Password	p. 99
Sunday in Purgatory	p. 104
The Note on the Door	p. 111
The Conservator	p. 121
Gone Shopping	p. 240
Bad Karma	p. 156
The Lovebirds	p. 170
The Walk of Fame	p. 186
I Should Worry, I Should Care	p. 198
A Creature of Habit	p. 207
Good Karma	p. 216
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