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    Try to Remember: Stories from a Life
    Try to Remember: Stories from a Life
    Try to Remember: Stories from a Life
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    Try to Remember: Stories from a Life

    By Jack Orbach

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    This riveting family saga about the son of a Polish-Jewish immigant to Canada is told in 17 short stories that blend tragedy and humor. The overarching figure is Jacob, who loses his mother at three and is raised by his stepmother. His father, from an orthodox Jewish home in Lodz, escapes from the Polish army under bizarre circumstances and searches for a place to settle. After a stint in Germany and Palestine as a chalutz (pioneer), he tries to settle in the US but is hounded as an illegal immigrant and finally finds a home in Montreal, where Jacob is born and bred. After high school, Jacob tries working in his fathers printing shop but finds business not appealing. His parents give him violin lessons, and as a teenager he studies music seriously. Near the end of World War II, Jacob begins his academic career, receiving his BA at McGill and his PhD at Princeton. His mentors are two prominent neuropsychologists and his professional career is rich with anecdotes. After a sexual apprenticeship, he marries Raquel and has four children. The tragic deaths of Raquel, first and then of his eldest daughter shatter the family. Jacob divorces twice before finding happiness with his present wife.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateDec 18, 2000
    ISBN9781469781167
    Try to Remember: Stories from a Life
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    Jack Orbach

    Jack Orbach is Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, Queens College, Flushing, NY. He has a PhD from Princeton and is the author of professional books in neuropsychology and a text on the psychology of music. Although retired, he continues to teach and write. He resides with his wife in Manhattan.

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