"In her nimble, well-researched, narrative, Rochlin
combines a romance with colorful recreation of Jewish
life in the American West."
Publisher's
Weekly
"A charming tale of triple identity
and pioneer life, an emphatic declaration of Jewish, Western
and Woman...Alternative lifestyles co-exist in the dazzling
frontier city of San Francisco. It belongs in all our
libraries."
Ellen G. Cole Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter
"Harriet Rochlin wrote the colorful
social history Pioneer Jews: A New Life in the Far West.
Now she has written the touching novel of Jewish life
in the 1870s San Francisco."
Critical Responses