The Lake on Fire

by Rosellen Brown

Book Overview

The Lake on Fire is an epic narrative that begins among 19th century Jewish immigrants on a failing Wisconsin farm. Dazzled by lore of the American dream, Chaya and her strange, brilliant, young brother Asher stow away to Chicago; what they discover there, however, is a Gilded Age as empty a fa ade as the beautiful Columbian Exposition luring thousands to Lake Michigan's shore. The pair scrapes together a meager living--Chaya in a cigar factory; Asher,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1946448230
• ISBN13: 9781946448231
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Sarabande Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 8.8"