Summary of Andrew Klavan's The Great Good Thing

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:

#1 I grew up in Great Neck, a wealthy town on the north shore of Long Island. The riches here were not inherited, but earned. The town was a haven for newly rich Jews in the 1950s, and they were in love with the dream of WASP American elegance.

#2 In Great Neck, the Great Neck of my childhood, there was one central difference. While other towns, and the TV shows that represented them, had families that went to church on Sundays, Great Neck had families that went to synagogue.

#3 I grew up in Great Neck, a town with a majority Jewish population. I never felt any animosity toward Jews, and I always thought of myself as an American. The idea that my Jewishness might somehow prevent me from being fully American never occurred to me.

#4 I was an American, through and through. I was raised in Great Neck, a suburb of New York, and I was raised as an American. I was called to faith in Jesus Christ, and I was unsure if it was a real religious conversion or just the final stage in the process of assimilation that had begun in my hometown so long ago.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822530713

IRB Media

With IRB books, you can get the key takeaways and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, identify the key takeaways and analyze them for your convenience.

Book preview

Insights on Andrew Klavan's The Great Good Thing

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I grew up in Great Neck, a wealthy town on the north shore of Long Island. The riches here were not inherited, but earned. The town was a haven for newly rich Jews in the 1950s, and they were in love with the dream of WASP American elegance.

#2

In Great Neck, the Great Neck of my childhood, there was one central difference. While other towns, and the TV shows that represented them, had families that went to church on Sundays, Great Neck had families that went to synagogue.

#3

I grew up in Great Neck, a town with a majority Jewish population. I never felt any animosity toward Jews, and I always thought of myself as an American. The idea that my Jewishness might somehow prevent me from being fully American never occurred to me.

#4

I was an American, through and through. I was raised in Great Neck, a suburb of New York, and I was raised as an American. I was called to faith in Jesus Christ, and I was unsure if it was a real religious conversion or just the final stage in the process of assimilation that had begun in my hometown so long ago.

#5

As we came into our teenage years, we began to realize that being Jewish just didn’t feel relevant anymore. We weren’t ashamed of our Jewishness, exactly, but we had simply begun to