Join author R.S. Steinberg for a special virtual discussion of his new book Albie’s Struggle.
Albie Greenberg, born in New York at the start of World War II, wants to be accepted as normal. His parents, fearing post-Holocaust that their Jewish identity could become a death sentence, have never once discussed religion in Albie’s presence, and practice none.
For Albie's tenth summer in 1950, his parents send him to regimented, athletic Bear Lake Camp hoping their dreamy, bookish son will assimilate into the world of other boys. Away from home for the first time, Albie must navigate the camp culture as unprepared for baseball as he is for scapegoating or a summer polio epidemic.
Will rising conflict at Bear Lake that ends in darkness defeat Albie, or open a path to his future?
R. S. Steinberg studied linguistics and Middle English poetry before going on to medicine and the practice of orthopedic surgery. After an injury ended his career, he turned to writing fiction and personal essays which have been published in Fiction, Bananafish, Mulberry Fork Review, The Boston Globe and elsewhere. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife.
