At age three, Jack Furman emigrated with his family from Latvia to New Jersey. Though he grows into an industrious and hard-working young man, he never wins his father's approval. For years, he hates his own meekness. It isn't until he unravels a family secret from the old country that he understands his father's anger and, at long last, finds his chutzpah.
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