Life Lines [Paperback]

From Simon & Schuster,Linesis Joseph Viertel's novel about the Russian Jew following his persecution—and the decisions he's forced to make as a result of it.

When an eminent Russian Jewish pediatrician becomes the target of official persecution, he appeals to his American and Israeli cousins and must ultimately choose his future in Russia, America, or Israel.Joseph Viertel started his literary career at the age of twenty with a play,So Proudly We Hail,which opened on Broadway three months after he graduated from Harvard. Of his four novels, three were picked by major book clubs.