Local Books for Holiday Giving

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Ralph Webster

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The Virginian-Pilot, Sunday, December 16, 2016

“A Smile in One Eye, a Tear in the Other” by Ralph Webster of Kitty Hawk. A World War II history with implications for today’s refugee crises. Webster tells the story of his father’s family, Jewish by heritage, Lutheran by choice, targeted by the Nazis. The buzz includes this from a staff member at Bookish: “When I first started reading the book, it felt very much like a love letter from an older son to an even older father. By the time I finished, it felt more like a letter of apology. … I cannot claim to know the author’s mind, but this book is one of the best reads I have had in a long time.”