Annie's Portion

An amazingly rich family saga fueled by an obsession-redemption. Narrated by three distinctly different Jewish women each representing her own generation Annie's Portion offers a candid new view of an historic story by means of wonderfully diverse characters settings and secrets.<p>Sarah's journey from an old-world shtetl to Manhattan's Eastside is related through the eyes of an eight-year-old. Her eventual victory over a lifethreatening illness and the indifference of an alienated family is a testament to her courage and moral fiber setting the standard for her progeny.<p>Annie Sarah's unconventional daughter struggles with conflicting values recounting a tale of family tradition deprivation promiscuity and prosperity. Impulsively she takes her family across a continent from New York to Hawaii where she succeeds beyond imagining. A fiftieth birthday initiates another change more shocking and defining than any that had come before.<p>Untouched by past tribulations of mother and grandmother Sam Annie's teen-age daughter has led a carefree life in Hawaii. Her mother's abrupt pronouncement forces Sam to embark on a self-exploratory journey. She develops a passion with ill-fated consequences and brings us to the emotional unexpected conclusion.