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Title: my time in paradise
Review: Real human emotions, sometimes set up in a magical way, sometimes in the most prosaic, are the subject of Joan Leegant's An Hour in Paradise. She is able to draw out our sympathies, our hopes, and even our disdain, for her characters, whether we like them or not. For example, I could feel for the poor schlepper who found himself lost in Sefad, even though I could not and probably will not ever like him or identify with him. I certainly did not like the Yeshiva student, but his difficulty is universal, although drawn in a narrow situation. A writer who can draw my emotions for a character I find dull, ordinary, or despicable, is doing her job, doing it very well indeed. I spent many hours in paradise reading and discussing An Hour in Paradise.
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