The Songs by Charles Elton, 315 pages.Iz Herzl, a famed protest singer from the 1960s is in his eighties now. His youngest son, Huddie, has Duschene Muscular Dystrophy and is dying. His daughter, Rose, though only a child herself, has been Huddie's caregiver, while the adults in her life, Iz, Iz's longtime helper, Iz's ex-wife and her aide, all pursue their own projects. Rose and Huddie's older half-brother, Joseph, is unknown to Rose and Huddie, having failed some bizarre test his father set for him decades ago. There are som interesting twists and turns in this strange story of a famous man and the odd choices he has made.
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