Turbulent Souls

by Stephen J. Dubner

Paperback, 1999

Status

Available

Call number

922 DUB

Genres

Biography & Memoir

Religion & Spirituality

Collections

ADULT COLLECTION, 9XX History, 92X Biography

Publication

Avon Books (1999), 336 pages

Description

Turbulent Souls is a luminous memoir, crafted with the eye of a journalist and the art of a novelist by New York Times Magazine writer and editor Stephen J. Dubner. By turns comic and heartbreaking, it tells the story of a family torn apart by religion, sustained by faith, and reunited by truth.

User reviews

LibraryThing member polluxtrees

Happily, Dubner has people like Adin Steinsalz to guide him back to Judaism. Not everyone is so lucky.

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LibraryThing member SeriousGrace

Stephen Dubner was born into a large, upstate New York, Catholic family. Only, Stephen never really felt at home with his parents' view on religion. Something just didn't seem comfortable to him. As a young man in his 20's he meets a Jewish actress who guides him to discover his family's orginal

faith. The more he learns of Jewish customs the easier it is for him to shed everything he memorized about Catholic customs. The more he practices Jewish customs the more it feels like a rediscovery, a return to a religion he left behind before birth. As a journalist Dubner begins to see his family has a story, an amazing one. He cannot ignore the fact that both his parents converted right around the time Jews were being murdered by the Nazis. He discovers Ethel Rosenberg was his mother's first cousin. As he uncovers the secrets of his family he finds himself.

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LibraryThing member idj

I read lots of books. I buy lots of books. Despite that, most books, to me, are easily lent out, donated or otherwise gotten rid of. I permanently keep only a select few. I must admit that this book is one of them. The beauty of reading about how Mr. Dubmer manages to find his true 'place', and the

struggle that causes, is one that is part of most people's lives, but not in a real, tangible and life-changing way as this. The books that I keep permanently I read over and over. This book is one of them.

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LibraryThing member hystrybuf

This was a moving story about one man's journey to really discover the truth about his family, his faith and himself. It is highly readable, at times funny, and at other times it is simply heart-wrenching.

LibraryThing member njmom3

I will not review the content of the book. Religion, faith, and our transformation because of it is an individual path and an individual choice.

As a story, I thought this was an amazing book. I felt for the individuals and couldn't stop reading to find out what came next. I felt like I became part

of their journey of discovery and family. My only wish (an impossible one) is that we could have also heard the story from the perspective of Mr. Dubner's parents.

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