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5 comments about On the Edge.

1. This book is difficult to understand. Tug is poorly described



2. I bought this book in my local library when I read the blurb. It sounded really exciting, and I couldn't wait to read it. I read it three times in the first week, and can remember extracts:

   "I could die. Not in 100 years, or when I'm very old, but now. Today or tomorrow. In this room."

   I couldn't put it down. It is thrilling, exciting and realistic. I would recommend it to teenagers who enjoy adventure stories, or want a break from your ordinary 'daily life of a normal person' book (Not that there's anything wrong with that type of book :) )




3. I thought this book was adventurous. I enjoyed reading it because I would always be trying to guess what was going to go on in the next sentence. A woman was finding love in a boy that she kidnapped. She wanted to find love in a child that she did not have. There is a bond between the woman and the boy. In the end the boy has to make a very important decision in his life. Love or reality? Readers in the area between 12-15 would enjoy this book. Try it out.



4. You know that feeling that someone is following you down a dark, deserted street? THIS book is THOSE footsteps. If you find yourself confused as you read, go with the flow - it'll make sense soon! Imagine being stripped of the things that have always identified you for yourself - my name, my family, my home, my things, my past - and being asked to define yourself anew. Can't imagine it? Tug couldn't either, but it was happening to him, and it was being done by people who want to demolish "family" as we know it. Nearby, Jinny's life is almost the negative image of Tug's dilemma, every minute consumed by her family and their needs, the "family first" mantra repeated constantly. When does Jinny get to have time for Jinny? Each of them, in their own ways, defy their "families" and learn a little about who they are in relation to the rest of the world. The book might be a little too confusing for younger readers, but teens will get it and parents will enjoy it, even if they don't want to! When it's over, if you don't find yourself wondering who YOU are, you should read it again.



5. This book is well organized by conological order.It uses date and time to describe story.The grammar is easy to read and understand.It has a clue to think and pursue.The main character is Tuck , the boy who is confuse about himself.The reader may push forward and give him a moral support.If you were Tuck , what will you do for escaping? If you were Tuck's mom , what will you do for helping her son? I think that if you read this book , you cannot put it down like me.The story is interesting and fun.A point of story is about kidnapping and family loving.It shows loving between mom and son.This book is suit for the person who likes investigation.This is a terrific choice for reading.Try it out!

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4 comments about The Zaddik: The Battle for a Boy's Soul.

1. The story of Shai Fhima's kidnapping and the journey to get him back is one which is very hard to read and understand. This being a true story makes it that much harder. I would not call it a 'good book' because of the content, but I will say that I am very glad I read it. The events are absolutely horrifying, but important to be aware of. There are sick and disturbing things that go on in this world. I recommend it.



2. The back cover of this book quotes a authority on cults, who notes that this story "dramatically illustrates the tragic effects of deception, manipulation, and mind control that cultic groups typically employ...."

   The same can also be said of authors. And I can't remember an author who better illustrates deception based on half-truths and the manipulation of the truth to controls the readers' mind than Elaine Grudin Denholtz. Indeed, Ms Denholtz, who counts such intellectually-provoking plays as, "The Dungmen are Coming," "Love Games" and "Doggy Bag" and books like How to Save Your Teeth and Your Money and Having It Both Ways: A Report on Married Women with Lovers among her literary achievements probably thought that she picked a winning topic this time: a "true" story about a "Hasidic rabbi and his frenzied followers," corrupt political and legal systems, an international conspiracy and a woman alone, battling them all for her child and the truth. Oh, if it were only true.

   In her Foreword, the author indicates that she presented the story (emphasis mine) "to the best of my knowledge," and warns the reader that, certain quotations "represent substantially what I believe [from] sources I believe reliable." And, yes, "I recreated what I believed likely." So, with those caveats this intrepid reporter weaves a tale more suited to a tabloid than serious discussion of the issue.

   Any reader who is honestly concerned with the facts should avoid this book; its appeal rests on stereotypes and the most sordid of biases. Denholtz is obviously an irreligious Jew who appears neither to understand the Hassidic way of life nor cares to learn. But, because it is a "fundamentalism" that offends her and that she rejects, it's fair game. So she read a few newspaper cllippings, talked to a few member of the cast, padded it with her hatred and imagination and, boom, filled 360 pages.

   Who am I to be so critical? Simply put, I was there as the story unfolded and played-out and I know the truth. Although not a follower of Rabbi Helbrans, frenzied or otherwise, I do know him, have met Shai Fhima and know his story and motivations, attended sessions of the trial and read the complete transcript, and know many of the principals. And to this day I find it difficult to believe that such a miscarriage of justice occurred in this country.

   Perhaps the most telling part of this book is the last sentence of the last page of the story. She quotes Shia Fhima who maintains to this day that, although he leads a less religious lifestyle, he wasn't kidnapped. And, typically, the author's inclusion of that one telling quote from the "victim," himself, appears almost as an afterthought that might be dismissed in light of the truth as she wishes the reader to believe it. The very least she might have done was attribute the quote's source rather than lead the reader to believe that she may have actually gotten it through a direct interview. For the record, it was taken with only slight modification from the April 1, 2001 NY Times article, "Following Up: Overcoming Tug of War of His Family and Rabbi," by Joseph Fried. So much for integrity. This review of her book is just my opinion.




3. I knew the facts were going to be questionable when I opened the book to the chapter called "Brooklyn" (pg 30) and read "in the Boro Park section of Williamsburgh Brooklyn....". A simple map of Bklyn would have showed this lady from NJ that these are two separate communities. If she can't get this right, how can she be relied on to get anything else straight? This is a totally one sided, self hating story - which would be the case whether it were fiction or non fiction. One star for all those interesting errors and pseudo dialogue.



4. "Murder is holy."
   Saying so out loud probably would raise fewer protests now than it would have before Sept. 11, 2001. But the idea flourishes in other places than the madrassahs of Pakistan or the squalid huts of Jonestown.
   In "The Zaddik," Elaine Denholtz retells, in enough detail to make any parent's skin crawl, an example from Brooklyn. The case of Shai Fhima did not produce a corpse, although his stepfather did have his finger sliced off by fanatical bigots, but it amounted to what the Germans call "soul murder."
   The man who told Denholtz, sarcastically, that "murder is holy" was lawyer Steve Rubenstein, who with his partner Larry Meyerson almost saved Shai Fhima.
   For more than four years, New Jersey lawyers Meyerson and Rubenstein worked for free to help recover Shai, who was kidnapped at age 13 by hasidic terrorists in Brooklyn.
   Their leader, Rabbi Schlomo Helbrans, told Shai's mother, Hana Fhima, that she should be grateful not to see her son again, because Helbrans had detected that Shai was meant to be a zaddik, a man who talks to God.
   Hasidim has no history in Judaism, having been invented in modern times in Poland. Hasids are anti-Zionists, refusing to live in Israel until the Messiah returns, which helps explain how one of their world centers is Borough Park in Brooklyn.
   The system -- both the government and his own society -- let Shai Fhima down badly. To the extent that Shai survived, it was due to the devotion of two private lawyers; a Brooklyn cop, Bill Plackenmeyer; and Shai's mother.
   Arrayed against the little boy were the Brooklyn district attorney, Charles Hynes; practically the entire Jewish community of greater New York; several judges; and an indifferent international community.
   The case was a local sensation around New York, and Denholtz spent much time with Hana Fhima during Shai's lost years. Hana Fhima's woeful story is affecting, but the telling is not enhanced by Denholtz's Police Gazette literary style.
   This is the only book-length account of the Fhima kidnapping so far, and a more serious one is needed. Denholtz alleges that there have been many Shai Fhimas, and, presumably, there will be more, because the Satmars (another name used for hasids) do not believe they are accountable to civil law.
   Such serious charges need better documentation than they receive here.
   Eventually, Helbrans went to prison and Shai was reunited with his family. At last report, he was denying he had been kidnapped and was living in a hasidic community in Monsey, N.Y.
   If there is a sadder figure in this sad book than Hana Fhima, it is the mother of Schlomo Helbrans. She says her boy was kidnapped by Satmars, too.

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1 comments about The Edge of Forever (Five Star Expressions) (Five Star Expressions) (Five Star Expressions).

1. Nurse Jennifer Denton was hired to look after the wealthy and ailing Belinda Wilson Now that her charge is dead, she realizes the family survivors are eagerly waiting to hear the will so they can find out how much she left to them. Nobody is more surprised then Jennifer when she is asked to stay for the reading of the will. Each Wilson is left $100 but the heir is her grand niece's son John and Jennifer is asked to take care of him for a considerable fee.
   
   His father Stuart, a member of the diplomatic corps stationed in Panama has gone missing so he needs a guardian Belinda could trust and she knew Jennifer was responsible and would take great care of her Johnny. Soon after the reading of the will, Stuart makes an appearance but he stays in the shadows because some very bad killers of a drug cartel are after the agent. Jennifer sees the scars on his back from torture and her heart goes out to him. As they spend time together their feelings for one another grow and when Jennifer is kidnapped to be used as bait to capture Stuart, he moves heaven and hell to find her. Together they have to elude the enemy and Jennifer is determined to help him whether he likes it or not.
   
   If one can accept the premise that a very sheltered woman is outwitting professional hitmen of a drug cartel and driving like a secret agent man, one will thoroughly enjoy the exciting THE EDGE OF FOREVER. When the plot remains a thriller , the audience will find it plausible although tottering the edge; but when it turns to a romance readers will find it hard to believe that the in peril lead couple are truly in love. Still Nancy Kelley writes a fun over the top romantic suspense.
   
   Harriet Klausner

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