In a Cold Open Field

by Sheila Solomon Klass

in 1950, Eva and Sol Greenfield receive a telegram from the Department of the Army informing then that their son, Ben, in missing in action in Korea. The effect of the telegram is devastating. Eva, an orthodox Jewish woman, goes to a fortune teller in Coney Island for comfort. In A Cold Open Field explores the developing relationship between the two women, as Eva desperately needs to deny the death of her child and the fortune teller takes advantage...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0930773446
• ISBN13: 9780930773441
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Black Heron Press
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

admiration for sheila klass's work

I have been a fan of Sheila Solomon Klass for overr 30 years. We first met in Greenwich Village. I listened to her hilarious stories and thought "If she could only translate the spoken words...the stories she told so well (the language, the pace, the warmth, the humor) into written words, she would be more than successful. And she has done just just that according to the long list of her publications. "In A Cold Open Field" is a triumph for Sheila Solomon Klass. She combines all the strengths and virtues of her previous novels... her understanding, sympathy and ability to describe beautifully the human condition whether it occurs in Brooklyn, India or back in the early days of the america West. Her latest novel about the gypsy who cheats the mother of her hard-earned savings is hilarious and tragic all at the same time. I picked up the book and didn't put it down until the last page. Sheila Solomon Klass has given me many hours of pleasure, sustenance and fun.. thank you Sheila.. Ruth Daigon