The Innocents by Francesca Segal sync error a three-time winner of the

a three-time winner of the National Jewish Book Award

Recounting the tales of Polish Jews in the second half of the nineteenth century – a time of rapid industrial growth and radical social change – the novel depicts the Jewish community moving from the ghetto to prominence within Polish society

Working in garment factories by day and writing poetry by night

former Congressman

Using both voices and images of the past

The Innocents by Francesca Segal sync error a three-time winner of theA smart and slyly funny tale of love, temptation, confusion, and commitment; a triumphant and beautifully executed recasting of Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence. Newly engaged and unthinkingly self satisfied, twenty eight year old Adam Newman is the prize catch of Temple Fortune, a small, tight knit Jewish suburb of London. He has been dating Rachel Gilbert since they were both sixteen and now, to the relief and happiness of the entire Gilbert