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Plot Summary of Generation to Generation
"This book is a personal story of a man from a famous Hassidic dynasty who becomes a Psychiatrist and learns that all of his studies cannot out do what his "uneducated" parents knew in dealing with people and raising kids."
Josh Wander, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Kids: - general coming of age story
Ethnic/Relig. of subject (inside) - religious Jew
If this is a culture clash: - minority culture living in majority area
Ethnic/regional/gender Yes

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - religious figure
Age: - 60's-90's
How sensitive is this person? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other people

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 9 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Europe Yes
European country: - Eastern Europe

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Book makes you feel? - encouraged
Is book humorous? Yes
If humorous, kind of humor - eccentric personalities
Commentary on society? Yes
Commentary on - decency - justice system - dying
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards
Story of entire life, or part? - story of nearly entire life
How much dialogue in bio? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much is philosophy rather than life story? - 51-75% of book
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