This beautifully written book is about a family in distress. The Tenderest of Strings publishes 1/4/22.Ĭheck out my list of the best books I read in 2021 at. Thanks to Regal House Publishing and Over The River Public Relations for inviting me on the tour and providing a complimentary advance copy of the book in exchange for an unbiased review!! I did find some of the conclusions a little abrupt. It would be a great book club or buddy read book because there are so many things you’ll want to discuss, and figure out how you might react in similar situations. While these characters aren’t necessarily sympathetic, I found this book really fascinating. Schwartz is a really talented storyteller. Secrets are uncovered, and the accident sets off a number of ripples in the Rosenfelds’ lives, ripples they’re not sure they can survive, or even if they want to. When a hit-and-run accident occurs one night, the town is torn apart. Meanwhile, Ardith is having an affair but doesn’t know what she wants it to ultimately mean. Instead he becomes more of a loner and grows even angrier with his parents. He apparently lost a front tooth in an incident he will not explain to his parents or police. One day, their teenage son Harry, who is already troubled, is found wandering the streets, having skipped school. They also buy a dilapidated old house, but lack the money and the motivation to put the renovation plans they had into motion. Reuben buys the local paper with dreams of transforming it, only to realize how set in their ways the townspeople are. Seeking a fresh start, Reuben and Ardith Rosenfeld move from Chicago to the small western town of Welton, Colorado, with their two sons. You could never imagine such a thing during the promise of the beginning amidst that heady scramble to know everything about each other. "It was sad, really, how you could become a stranger in your own marriage. Steven Schwartz's new novel, The Tenderest of Strings, is beautifully written, thought-provoking family drama. The Tenderest of Strings is a riveting, full-hearted story of what it takes to survive as a family in a small Western town that beckons from afar but will put its newcomers to the test of their lives. One night, after a cookout at some friends’ dairy farm, a fatal hit-and-run occurs that shocks the community, exposes a secret, and begins to rip apart the Rosenfeld family. Meanwhile, Reuben, unaware that Ardith is having an affair, worries about his wife’s growing unhappiness and distance from the family. Teenaged Harry continues his life as a troubled loner, skipping school and losing his tooth in a mysterious encounter. Ardith stays home and copes with the task of fixing up an older house, which suffers such disrepair that on Halloween it’s mistaken for part of a haunted house tour. Reuben, a former copyeditor at the Chicago Tribune, purchases the local town paper, the Welton Sentinel. In search of a new life, Reuben and Ardith Rosenfeld and their two children move from Chicago to the small town of Welton, Colorado, looking for all the hope that the burgeoning West has to offer-its abundance of jobs, space, sunshine, prosperity, and the promise of reinvention.
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