{"product_id":"2940169247886","title":"My Mother and I","description":"Elizabeth Stern was two and a half years old, when her family emigrated from Poland to Pittsburgh. \u003ci\u003eMy Mother and I\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Stern's Americanization and how it ultimately alienated her from her parents. Stern's father had been a small village rabbi. Strict and traditional in his views, he sends Elizabeth to learn Hebrew at age four, so she can fulfill her destiny \"as the wife of a rabbi or scholar,\" but he opposes letting her attend high school. Stern's mother tries fitfully to pry open doors for her daughter. When Stern's father finds Elizabeth reading a secular book, and, in a fit of rage, flings the offending novel onto the top of a tall bookcase, her mother climbs on a chair and retrieves it for her. But Stern's mother never learns English even as it becomes her daughter¿s primary language--and she is burdened by endless pregnancies (she ultimately bears 11 children, only the first 4 of whom survive). Stern's relationship with her mother is loving, but when Elizabeth goes to college, they draw apart. Her mother becomes a \"shadowy figure,\" standing with \"questioning, puzzled eyes\", eyes in which there is love, \"but no understanding, and always an infinite loneliness.\" - Summary by Sue Anderson","brand":"DISCOS PALMAS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161543590128,"sku":"2940169247886","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169247886_p0.jpg?v=1772800907","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169247886","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}