The J-Word - Paperback

by Andrew Sanger (Author)

Argumentative, Yiddish-speaking, 80-year-old Jack Silver has reluctantly returned to Golders Green to care for his 10-year-old grandson, Danny. Unpredictable and outspoken but warm-hearted, Jack is resolutely secular and repudiates everything Jewish. His profoundly troubled son, now a successful, middle-aged journalist, has followed in his footsteps, while the brilliant young Danny has been kept in ignorance of his heritage.When Jack is beaten up by an antisemitic gang, it changes everything. He and Danny secretly set out to outwit and track down the thugs and bring them to justice. The hunt takes Jack into memories of his own childhood and the two unlikely heroes discover a shared identity spanning generations that eventually draws the whole family together.

Author Biography

Andrew Sanger was born in London in 1948. A professional travel writer who has lived and worked in several countries, he has contributed to a wide range of British and international newspapers and magazines, worked as a consultant editor for UK publishers, and for ten years edited French Railways' travel magazine Top Rail. He is the author of forty guidebooks for the leading UK and US travel publishers, mainly on France and the French regions. His novel The J-Word was first published in 2009. In the same year it was featured at Jewish Book Week and Hampstead & Highgate Literary Festival, and also made into a Talking Book for Jewish Care. The second edition was published in 2018. His other novels include The Slave (2013) and Love (2015). Andrew Sanger now lives in the New Forest.