Sunday, December 15, 2024

Family Member's Get Mention In Goldberg's Latest


 

My cousin, Tod Goldberg, has been known to use names of actual people to portray characters in his novels.  I intentionally waited for the season to start before diving into Tod's Eight Very Bad Nights.  A collection of short stories from various writers that he knows.

In the forward, Tod mentions my Uncle Arny, (bottom picture), who is actually Tod's cousin.  He is addressed as Uncle Arny, as he will always be. 

When I got to the next page of the forward, there was a reference to Tod's Auntie Esther, (middle picture), who is my Grandmother Barer.  She is actually addressed as Auntie Esther, as she was Tod's great aunt.

Now, I 'm ready to see what else awaits me in the book. To order the book, click here

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is that a shovel with a short handle on the cover of that book?

Mike Barer said...

No, it's a dreydal!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for explaining it to me.