Obsessive Memories

<p>In 1905 the young and handsome Yalek left Baranovka Russia for the United States seeking a new way of life. He would work hard and save enough money to bring his family and his new bride Riva to America.</p> <p>In <i>Obsessive Memories</i> author Clara R. Maslow tells the history of two close-knit families raised in the same culture of intellectual Jews in Russia who immigrated to the United States in the early 1900s. It is a story of a time of new political thinking and the flight of young families in Eastern Europe seeking to live in a democracy away from the old czarist regimes monarchies and other forms of repressive governments.</p> <p>With photos included this memoir shares what it was like growing up as part of a Russian family in Trenton New Jersey. It focuses on Maslow's father Yalek an intelligent man with exceptional talents in creative arts architectural drawing and construction. <i>Obsessive Memories</i> also explores Maslow's relationship with her father and seeks to find meaning in why he was unable to outwardly express his love for her or her family.</p>