Lies Will Take You Somewhere

by Sheila Schwartz

In a voice reminiscent of Cynthia Ozick, this Jewish/Gothic novel renders the fracture and healing of the Rosen family. Jane Rosen leaves her three daughters and husband Saul, a rabbi, to care for her mother in Florida. In Jane's absence, Saul discovers--through the deathbed confession of a man in his congregation--that his wife had an affair ten years earlier. Enraged, he ostracizes Jane from the family and strands her in Florida with her grief.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0979745063
• ISBN13: 9780979745065
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Etruscan Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up

Customer Reviews

Achingly poignant first novel

Lies Will Take You Somewhere, the first novel from award winning short story writer Sheila Schwartz, is a beautifully rendered story of a fractured marriage. The author's deep understanding of Jewish religious tradition and ethics enriches the telling. Sensitive writing and astute symbolism flow organically with an usual story line. Because this is a very different type of story, I remained engaged and curious until the end. The end is disturbing and left me wanting to talk it over with a close friend. Deep and complex, Lies Will Take You Somewhere is all the more tragic because we will not be hearing the voice of this gifted woman writer again. Sheila Schwartz passed away shortly before its publication. Lies Will Take You Somewhere would make an excellent choice for a book club discussion. I hope this beautiful book will find the audience of serious readers it deserves. High recommended.

Florida Family Contemporary Jewish Fiction

This debut novel by a Pushcart Prize & O. Henry short-story award winner follows a rabbi's wife's journey home to Florida to deal with her dead mother's house. It's sad and dark in places but also pretty funny in others. Mostly it's truly compelling. I could not put it down. Highly recommended.