The Binding
"A testimony to the awful power of secrets, the overwhelming burden of history, and the enduring power of love."- David Haynes,
Southern Methodist University
The Binding is a novel that examines the powerful impact the Holocaust has had on survivors' children.
Just as, in the Bible, young Isaac is unwittingly bound as an intended sacrifice to his father Abraham's past experiences and his spiritual beliefs, so are Dave Razkowski, Wolff Blumen, and Al Logan unwittingly and unwillingly bound to each other, because of the parents' experiences in the Nazi concentration and extermination camps.
Struggle as they might against the invisible tethers, the three men cannot escape the dreadful historical events that still haunt and terrorize their parents.
When Dave Razkowski falls from a rock-face he's climbing, he is unwillingly brought into the lives of Wolff Blumen — a former actor who has become an Orthodox Jew — and of Al Logan — an investigative reporter who, like Dave Razkowski, goes to desperate measures to keep his own Jewish heritage a secret.
When the lives of these three men unexpectedly intersect, they are forced to deal with buried pain, family secrets, lies, betrayal, and sacrifices.
Can these men heal the wounds that the Holocaust inflicted upon them because they are survivors' children?
Can they stop hiding from their own heritage, unusual childhoods, and their parents' horrific past?
Can these three men believe — and trust — in a God that seems to have abandoned their parents during the Holocaust?
Highly gripping, faced-paced, and intense, The Binding weaves the lives of these three men together like an exquisite tapestry, its invisible yet unbreakable threads like cords that bind Holocaust survivors to each other and to their children; cords that bind survivors' children to the offspring of other survivors, and, ultimately, to us.
Their history becomes ours as this compelling story and fine writing lead to a surprising climax that will keep you bound to the characters long after you've finished the book.
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