All You Are to Me

<p>Spring has arrived in New York City. The year is 1939 and the world is about to change.</p><p>A 22-year-old novice songwriter in the Bronx named Reuben Rabinowitz spends his days playing the grand piano on the fifth floor of Macy’s. Also working at the department store is a young lady of 19 named Rose Deutsch.</p><p>Reuben and Rose connect flirt and date and eventually marry – all in the space of seven months – because of the imminent war.</p><p>By Dec. 8 1941 Pearl Harbor has been bombed and Reuben enlists in the Army.</p><p>We go to war and we see its horrors not only on the men fighting but of the family left behind.</p><p>We witness the death of loved ones. </p><p>We witness the loss felt by those remaining at home while their sons and husbands are fighting abroad.</p><p>This stirring novel elaborates on the love between Rose and Reuben; their families and their friends; and the horrors of war that forever mark its survivors.</p><p>The story resonates for everyone for it shows how people in love cope with separation and loss. And it resonates from the realization that love conquers all or sometimes doesn’t.   </p><p><strong>(About the Author)</strong></p><p>Gary D. Chattman has been a teacher and administrator all his life primarily in public high schools in the Bronx. He has also been a Hebrew School Principal an academic leader and has created a special program for teaching Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah programs for young Jewish men and women outside of Hebrew School. He is a concert pianist a lyricist and a composer. A grandfather of four the love of his life is his wife Patti. This is his 11th published book.</p>