Synopsis A black comedy in which the societal stereotypes of WASPs and Jews collide in picket-fenced American suburbia. When Allison Pennybacker and Solomon Beneviste announce their engagement, the Pennybackers plan a church wedding they can't afford while Solomon's mother traces the Beneviste genealogy all the way back to the Spanish Inquisition as a gift to the couple. Weiss chronicles the ill-fated engagement as it slides into the chasm between the faiths, then crashes and burns.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1999-04-01 | | Series: | Five Star Title |
| Size | | Length: | 216 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.0 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 5.6 oz |
Publisher's Note When Allison Pennybaker and Solomon Beneviste announce their engagement, the trouble begins: the Pennybakers plan a church wedding they can't afford, while Solomon's mother traces the Beneviste genealogy all the way back to the Spanish Inquisition. Both sides take determined, unwitting steps to promote a disaster. In his darkly comic mode, Daniel Evan Weiss once again has profound truths to say about the human condition -- this time about marriages between Jews and Christians.
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