the two family house by lynda cohen loigman

Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code In the inviting The Matchmakers Gift, Loigman takes the readers by the hand and leads them into the world of shadchanim, or matchmakers, of both a historic and modern variety. Both funny and moving, The Matchmakers Gift made me smile from start to finish. A scrappy Jewish teenager newly arrived in 1920s New York struggles to follow her calling as a matchmaker-seventy years later, her cynical divorce-attorney granddaughter realizes she has very inconveniently inherited the family gift for matching soulmates. Why did Abbys grandmother leave this library to her and what did she hope Abby would discover within its pages? Why does the work Abby once found so compelling suddenly feel inconsequential and flawed? Is Abby willing to sacrifice the career shes worked so hard for in order to keep her grandmothers mysterious promise to a stranger? And is there really such a thing as love at first sight? Review Quotes Loigmans latest is a gem.

But among the faded volumes, Abby finds more questions than answers. When her beloved Grandma Sara dies, Abby inherits her collection of handwritten journals recording the details of Saras matches. Two generations later, Saras granddaughter, Abby, is a successful Manhattan divorce attorney, representing the citys wealthiest clients.

After making matches in secret for more than a decade, Sara must fight to take her rightful place among her peers, and to demand the recognition she deserves.

But among the pushcart-crowded streets of New Yorks Lower East Side, Saras vocation is dominated by devout older men-men who see a talented female matchmaker as a dangerous threat to their traditions and livelihood. Is finding true love a calling or a curse? Even as a child in 1910, Sara Glikman knows her gift: she is a maker of matches and a seeker of soulmates. Book Synopsis From Lynda Cohen Loigman, the bestselling author of The Two-Family House and The Wartime Sisters, comes a heartwarming story of two extraordinary women from two different eras who defy expectations to utilize their unique gift of seeing soulmates in the most unexpected places in The Matchmakers Gift.

The two family house by lynda cohen loigman