A tumultuous adolescence, growing up in Toronto''s Kensington Market area in the 1930s. "As in works by Isaac Bashevis Singer and Chaim Potok, the novel is much more than a cultural essay, its appeal is as much in universal coming-of-age drama . . . as in aspects of the immigrant experience." - Booklist "Well-written and engaging . . . foretell[s the continued intensity of social linkage among Toronto''s Jews. . . . Perhaps [their collective consciousness is founded not only on their common religious identification, but also on the rich lessons of the immigrant experience told in the stories about Baldwin Street and places like it." - Dr. Morton I. Teicher