The Paris Years of Rosie Kamin

Rosie Kamin is living in a part of Paris seldom visited by literature. The key figures in her life are her gravely ill lover Serge, a French intellectual and communist; her former lover, an Algerian, who appears unexpectedly; and her eccentric sister Deb with whom she journeys to Budapest in search of their mother’s childhood home.

"The Paris Years of Rosie Kamin is an anguished and triumphant novel. I’ve seldom been so caught up in the intimate history of a character. Rosie’s life moves forward via romantic torment and haunted ancestry in a severe and finally redemptive kind of mortal combat." Howard Norman, author of The Bird Artist.

From the second chapter of The Paris Years of Rosie Kamin,
    Aunt Pearl telephoned. "Aladar and me, we’re taking the children to Israel in August. A real family vacation. And Aladar wants you to come along. He told me to ask you, his sister’s daughter. It won’t cost you a penny, nothing, all you have to do is lose twenty pounds. That’s easy. And you’ll get to see Israel."
     Was there a beach at the Dead Sea?
     Why did her mother take the pills?
     Rosie telephoned her uncle to thank him for the offer. However Israel was the last place on earth she wanted to visit. "About my mother," she began, tentatively. "The poor woman’s dead," he interrupted. "Let her rest in peace." He rambled on. There was plenty of time to lose twenty pounds before August. Just five pounds a month. Anyone could do it with enough cottage cheese. Talk to her aunt.

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