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The stories in the book's first part, Lives, portray colourful characters and snippets of Middle European Jewish life. The shorter pieces that make up Embers are based on the midrashic tradition of biblical interpretation and folklore.
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Book launched by Andrea Stretton at the Sydney Jewish Museum on 4 June 2003.
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Dedication: In memory of my teachers.
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Epigraph: 'The truth of fiction is more profound, more charged with meaning than everyday reality.' - Eugene Ionesco