Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes by T Cooper, 434 pages
When the Lipshitz family is getting off the boat at Ellis Island, the Russian Jewish immigrants somehow lose their blond-headed five-year-old boy Reuven, never to be seen again. However, after visiting a palmist in Texas, mother Esther comes to believe that her missing son is none other than Charles Lindbergh. Esther becomes obsessed with the aviator and sends multiple letters and telegrams to his wife and mother, warning them about a tragedy in their future, which the palmist predicted.
What an odd, odd tale... and it takes a sharp left turn about 300 pages in, when Esther's story ends in the 1940s and T's tale begins in 2002, with a rant that is as funny as it is unexpected. Cooper's characters are multidimensional, and the story is certainly a fresh one.
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