New Jersey Jews in Alabama? It happens! It happened to Hyman Bookbinder, an ABD in linguistics who throws away the academic life to teach kids to read way down South in football-crazed Auburn University. Complications ensue.
More than along for the ride are Hyman's wife Rachel, who has her doctorate in social research, and Hyman's new boss, Lester Gomez, in Hyman's eyes a charismatic near genius summoning up the resources of both modern linguistics and modern computer technology to teach kids to read. And of course there's also Jill, who tells Hyman "You Jews sure have funny names."
Genre: Literary Fiction
More than along for the ride are Hyman's wife Rachel, who has her doctorate in social research, and Hyman's new boss, Lester Gomez, in Hyman's eyes a charismatic near genius summoning up the resources of both modern linguistics and modern computer technology to teach kids to read. And of course there's also Jill, who tells Hyman "You Jews sure have funny names."
Genre: Literary Fiction
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