On the Shore

<p><strong>Sam is sixteen and an American Jew. He lies about his age to fight in WWI.</strong></p><p>Set in 1917-1925 On the Shore follows the upheaval in an immigrant Jewish family when without telling his family 16-year-old Shmuel Levinson (a.k.a. Sam Lord) strives to prove his manhood and escape his father's pressure that he become a rabbi by enlisting in the Navy.</p><p>His smart but rebellious younger sister Dev mourns his disappearance while chafing against her father's expectation that she marry instead of pursuing a career in science. Their successful uncle Gershon Mendel confronts failure when he ventures beyond their sheltered Lower East Side community to search for the missing boy.</p><p>On the Shore offers a poignant look at the strained relationships that trouble the multi-generation immigrant families of today as well as yesteryear.</p>