Shepherds Hill : A New England Story

This novel is about the people of a farming community in the Shaker country of upstate New York, the people who live there and the people who visit. It is a story with a distinctly Jewish character. The story covers almost half a century, beginning in the years before World War II. Occasionally interspersed with the narrative are fables that provide insights on such issues as light and darkness, life and death, pain and suffering, separation and isolation. And as the story progresses, a figure in the background gradually emerges as the Good Shepherd, the Overseer-the dominant character of the story.