Benjamin's Gift

At the age of 71, Jean Pierre Michel Chernovsky has everything a tycoon in 1929 America could possibly want.... except a son. Enter Benjamin, a startlingly beautiful orphan of the Depression with a strange strawberry birthmark blanketing his right cheek. But theres something even more extraordinary about Benjaminhe has a wondrous, but potentially destructive, gift. As father and son blend and clash in this magical coming-of-age story, readers will meet unforgettable characters, witness surprising reversals, and be swept away by a world filled with thrilling possibilities.

The Shape of a Miracle

a pumice moon

1

(10)

the hard wood chair

11

(5)

the Hispano-Suiza

16

(3)

(How He Did It)

19

(83)

A New Home

three days

21

(5)

ghost dance

26

(5)

in lieu of Cointreau and milk

31

(2)

School Days

the state flower of Texas

33

(9)

breakfast in bed

42

(3)

the waters of the Black Sea

45

(2)

up a tree

47

(5)

A Grand Tour

little suitcases

52

(7)

big suitcases

59

(10)

the dance of the bleu cheese

69

(6)

The Ghost of Hamlet's Dad

the scent of cherry tea

75

(5)

Timbuktu to Taiwan

80

(1)

a glass garden

81

(5)

An Affair to Remember

the Velvet Phantom

86

(5)

the Saint of Hooverville

91

(3)

what Jean Pierre Michel saw

94

(1)

machine guns and matzo ball soup

95

(7)

Chernovsky's Total History of the World

102

(72)

The Tenor's Daughter

Cupid's prize

108

(5)

Burnt Roses

113

(4)

Blue Mama's Suicide Wail

117

(7)

Repercussions

going

124

(1)

going

125

(1)

gone

126

(3)

The Family Guildenstern

advice of a young hog

129

(6)

a new life

135

(3)

a doppelganger

138

(5)

An Upside-Down World

flying eggs

143

(4)

the splendor of a good pot roast

147

(5)

a trick of memory

152

(2)

The Calculator

154

(3)

The Shadow of an Eclipse

a feast of flesh and reason

157

(5)

deadly daffodils

162

(4)

strawberries and Little Sidney Lowenthal

166

(8)

(How He Did It This Time)

174

(13)

Ghosts

Purim in January

176

(3)

sand

179

(1)

smoke

180

(4)

what was hidden inside the breath-mint tin

184

(3)

Whoopee

187

(97)

A Farewall to Clam Sauce

Brenda Ribenski's announcements

189

(2)

Spiros Creopolis and the girls of Flo's

191

(2)

clown dreams

193

(1)

slings and arrows

194

(3)

The Power of Bop

the Sister's strange hand gesture

197

(2)

a sea change

199

(5)

Strawberry Delight

204

(6)

Snow Falling Up

shadows in the desert

210

(4)

a tropical period

214

(2)

interactions among nuclei

216

(2)

the Book of Genesis

218

(6)

The Black-and-White Blues

the smudged fingerprint

224

(5)

postcards from Petrie

229

(1)

high stakes

230

(5)

Home Before Midnight

like a stone on water

235

(5)

like a pat of butter on a piece of peach pie

240

(4)

unlike Alice

244

(1)

snow on the screen

245

(6)

Time Folds

an unforeseen hurricane

251

(6)

welcoming back the spring

257

(4)

Lazy Chernovsky's

261

(2)

Time Retracts

faded totems

263

(2)

blueberry cheesecake

265

(4)

the One Who Is the Sky

269

(3)

The Theater of the Gods

Thanatos and Eros

272

(3)

Jean Pierre Michel's drool

275

(2)

a divine jump start

277

(7)

The Spirit in the Machine (How He did It the Last Time)

284

(3)

The Odds Is Gone

287

(6)

Time Flies

293

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