In the Image

"Bill Landsmann, an elderly Jewish refugee in a New Jersey suburb with a passion for travel, is obsessed with building his slide collection of images from the Bible that he finds scattered throughout the world. The novel begins when he crosses paths with his granddaughter's friend Leora, and continues by moving forward through her life and backward through his, revealing the unexpected links between his family's past and her family's future.". "In The Image addresses the challenges of assimilation through several generations of Landsmanns - their loves, betrayals, and struggles with tradition…