This is a beautifully written book. You will read about Mort Zachter’s life in a Jewish family in New York with a sense of suspense: are all the secrets out? Are they all revealed? From the perspective of a child growing austere life in Zachter’s family things seem pretty normal. For the aduld Zachter,.the post mortem examination of the characters and the details must be emotionally challenging.How does one live with the “what ifs” ?(like money for a private college,or mortgage?) how does one deal with conflicting ambivalent feelings towards his beloved/selfish hoarder uncle ? an uncle whose very sickness made Zacher wealthy! How do you understand all other family members who colluded in keeping the secret and living the lie?
The writing style is very clear and the narrative pleasing and easy to follow.God works in mysterious ways: Would Mort ever become a writer if it wasn’t for Uncle Harry? ( I think he probably would still be practicing tax law in New York…)

I highly recommend this book!