In his father's footsteps

Description:

"When U.S. troops occupy Germany, friends Jakob and Emmanuelle are saved from the terrible fate of so many in the camps. With the help of sponsors, they make their way to New York. In order not to be separated, they allow their friendship to blossom into love and marriage, and start a new life on the Lower East Side, working at grueling, poorly paid jobs. Decades later, through talent, faith, fortune, and relentless hard work, Jakob has achieved success in the diamond business, invested in real estate in New York, and shown his son, Max, that America is truly the land of opportunity. Max is a rising star, a graduate of Harvard with friends among the wealthiest, most ambitious families in the world. And while his parents were thrown together by chance, Max chooses a perfect bride to start the perfect American family"--

subjects: Wealth,  Social mobility,  Immigrants,  Americanization,  Fathers and sons,  American Dream,  Fiction,  Adult children of immigrants,  Jewish historical fiction,  nyt:hardcover-fiction=2018-09-23,  New York Times bestseller,  Concentration camps,  Man-woman relationships,  World War, 1939-1945,  Fiction, romance, historical,  New york (n.y.), fiction,  Fathers and sons, fiction,  Fiction, family life,  Jews, fiction,  Fiction, romance, historical, general,  Fiction, family life, general,  Contemporary Women,  Family Life,  Romance,  Contemporary,  Children of Holocaust survivors,  Ex-concentration camp inmates,  Marital conflict,  Moral and ethical aspects,  Psychological aspects

Places: United States,  New York,  New York (State),  Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)

Times: 20th century