The Promised Hand

By Susan Wolfe

A turn-of-the-century love triangle, a tale as old as time: Can passion overpower religious commitment? In an anquishing struggle of covenantal community versus carnal desire, Isaac Grossman must... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595000894
• ISBN13: 9780595000890
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A Passionate tale

With great insight into human passion, both from a female and male perspective, the author conveys the joys and anguish of love and how it can be a compelling force in our life choices. This story draws you into the lives of three people you'll never forget, with fascinating detail about Jewish family life and traditions. You may not agree with what Isaac did, but you will sympathize with his predicament. Wolfe is a warm, sensitive and often witty writer, who shares an amazing tale.

A Conflict of Love and Honor

It is early 20th century America and arranged marriages among Orthodox Jewish families are still the norm. But American values and norms beget opportunities in conflict with the old world ways. In this love story of a religious man, his promised wife and the woman he loves, we follow fifteen years through the eyes of the two women. "The Promised Hand", a fictionalized account of a true story, is written with thoughtful intuition and creates for the reader a series of portraits of the women and men caught up in the conflicts created by their changing times. You gently close the book having learned to care about the people (no longer characters) and wanting to know how they lived out the rest of their lives.