Growing Up Jewish in Small Town America - Softcover

Elaine Fantle Shimberg

9780974194080: Growing Up Jewish in Small Town America

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0974194085 ISBN 13: 9780974194080

Publisher: Abernathy House Publishing, 2011

This book will make you laugh and might make you cry as you remember life in the 40's and 50's whether you come from a small town or not. You certainly do not have to be Jewish to enjoy this book. It will remind you or the days of Roy Rogers and The Shadow, when popcorn was 5 cents a bag at the movies. You'll laugh as Elaine tells about her adventures as an ear of corn and of playing "Mary" in the Christmas play. A tear might be shed when you learn of the 'sugar' episode, but you'll come away proud of a small town girl who used every scrap of imagination to reach her goals.

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About the Author:

Elaine Fantle Shimberg is the author of twenty-two books and five children s books. She writes about health subjects and family issues, including Tourette Syndrome, writing, and blending families. GROWING UP JEWISH IN SMALL TOWN AMERICA: A MEMOIR describes her life in Fort Dodge, Iowa and what it was like to be Jewish with only thirty-two Jewish families. Shimberg has appeared on the TODAY show and AM CHICAGO and in the author of numerous magazine articles in Reader s Digest, Glamour, Seventeen, Woman s Day, and others. For five years she co-hosted a women s talk show on WFLA-TV in Tampa. She is a Northwestern graduate, is married, and lives in Tampa, Florida, spending her summers in Maine. She has five adult children and ten grandchildren.

Review:

Elaine Fantle Shimberg writes an extraordinary paean to growing up Jewish in a small, not-so-Jewish town. She shows how connected family helps one survive the unique cultural pressures of being just a little "different" and even the very few teenage Jewish couples dancing closely at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church socials can manage to "leave some space for the Holy Spirit" as they were frequently reminded by watchful Clergy. Growing Up Jewish In Small Town America is a charming and revealing memoir that you don't have to be Jewish to love---as the 80's Levy's Rye Bread subway advertisements proclaimed. With delicious comic timing, an ear for dialogue and an eye for detail, Shimberg captures both the tenderness and difficulties of finding common ground in a diverse childhood. Oh--I adored it. --Sherry Suib Cohen, author of 24 books and I wish I'd written this one

You don t have to be Jewish to love Elaine Fantle Shimberg s book Growing Up Jewish In Small Town America. This is a must-read for anyone who grew up in small town America in the 40 s and 50 s. You re sure to be moved by Shimbergs' sweet memories and vivid details of radio programs like the Shadow and Boston Blackie, of Saturday double feature movies when popcorn was five cents a bag, of the first time she realized that being Jewish made her different from any of her friends. Shimberg describes herself in the book as a klutz (a clumsy person) when it comes to sports. As a writer, she is a shaynah maidel (beautiful girl). My only criticism -- This book is too short. I want more. --Judy Mandell, Writer of books and articles on popular culture, aging, women s health, etc.

You ll laugh; you ll cry; you ll kvell. Elaine has written a warm, charmingly detailed memory of growing up Jewish... I loved reading about life in Fort Dodge, Iowa. I loved that Elaine was an ear of corn in the holiday pageants. I loved this book. You will too. --Bonnie Kohn Remsberg Award winning author & Host, Some of My Best Friends, NBC-TV, Chicago.

You don t have to be Jewish to love Elaine Fantle Shimberg s book Growing Up Jewish In Small Town America. This is a must-read for anyone who grew up in small town America in the 40 s and 50 s. You re sure to be moved by Shimbergs' sweet memories and vivid details of radio programs like the Shadow and Boston Blackie, of Saturday double feature movies when popcorn was five cents a bag, of the first time she realized that being Jewish made her different from any of her friends. Shimberg describes herself in the book as a klutz (a clumsy person) when it comes to sports. As a writer, she is a shaynah maidel (beautiful girl). My only criticism -- This book is too short. I want more. --Judy Mandell, Writer of books and articles on popular culture, aging, women s health, etc.

You ll laugh; you ll cry; you ll kvell. Elaine has written a warm, charmingly detailed memory of growing up Jewish... I loved reading about life in Fort Dodge, Iowa. I loved that Elaine was an ear of corn in the holiday pageants. I loved this book. You will too. --Bonnie Kohn Remsberg Award winning author & Host, Some of My Best Friends, NBC-TV, Chicago.

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