The Two-Family House : A Novel (Paperback)

from Staciele

Abe and Mort are brothers who live in a two-family brownstone in Brooklyn with their wives. Abe and Helen live upstairs with their four sons and Mort and Rose live downstairs with their three daughters. Abe and Mort own the family business, Box Brothers, making boxes for companies. We meet them i...

from linda.marsheells

Yeah, it was a a novel where i knew the ending even before being mid-way through the book, but it is soooo well written, and a nice easy read. Nothing heavy duty...i found no parts that dragged, and actually reveled in life in the 40's and 50's in the northeast. One negative is that i felt the en...

from BookDiva85

This book makes me question how much one would do for love. I appreciated the story being told from the different family members. The dynamic of how one incident affected each person in a different way allowed the reader to sympathize with each one. At first, I was angry with Rose and her attitud...

from froxgirl

A dream Jewish family novel! Brother Abe (nice), wife Helen (sweet), and their four sons, live upstairs from brother Mort (miserable) and wife Rose (even more miserable from trying to please her horrible husband) and their three daughters. Both wives get pregnant again, at the same time, and both...

from LivelyLady

Story of two brothers and their families, living in a two family home in Brooklyn. Their lives change when each wife has the last baby. This chronicles, through the voice of many family members, about 25 years of their family story. Well told, but confusing to me keeping who was married to whom, ...