Once We Were Brothers
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.91 (757 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250046394 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
NOT YOUR USUAL LEGAL THRILLER Charles J. Aron When I learned that my law school classmate, Ronald Balson, had written alegal novel entitled, Once We Were Brothers, I knew that I just had to read it. If Iexpected to read something along the lines of a Turrow, Grisham or Martini, legalthriller, I was pleasantly surprised - it wasn't.The story begins wh. "Very good. Entertaining and informative" according to Paul Bruns. I bought this on a friend's recommendation and didn't really know what to expect. Historical fiction based in Nazi-occupied Poland, bouncing back and forth to present day America. I ended up loving this book. It is part legal thriller, part action/love story, and part history book. The descriptions of Eur. Promising story that just becomes too formulaic and predictable. john This book had promise, but sadly there are simply too many unrealistic moments liberally utilized in the plot.1. To start, an otherwise unremarkable retired man named Ben Solomon accuses a wealthy businessman and generous benefactor, Eliot Rosensweig of hiding his identity as a Nazi WW II criminal. Natura
BALSON is a Chicago trial attorney, an educator and a writer. . His practice has taken him to several international venues, including villages in Poland that inspired his first novel, Once We Were Brothers. RONALD H
Although the charges are denounced as preposterous, his accuser is convinced he is right and engages attorney Catherine Lockhart to bring Rosenzweig to justice. The gripping tale about two boys, once as close as brothers, who find themselves on opposite sides of the Holocaust."A novel of survival, justice and redemptionriveting." Chicago Tribune, on Once We Were BrothersElliot Rosenzweig, a respected civic leader and wealthy philanthropist, is attending a fundraiser when he is suddenly accosted and accused of being a former Nazi SS officer named Otto Piatek, the Butcher of Zamosc. Two lives, two worlds, and sixty years converge in an explosive race to redemption that makes for a moving and powerful tale of love, survival, and ultimately the triumph of the human spirit.. Solomon persuades attorney Catherine Lockhart to take his case, revealing that the true Piatek was abandoned as a child and raised by Solomon's own family only to betray
Once We Were Brothers is a new look at an old story, and it will stay with you long after you have finished it.” Jackie K Cooper, Huffington Post"A novel of survival, justice and redemption riveting." Chicago Tribune, on Once We Were Brothers“The phenomenal triumph of lawyer-author John Grisham's legal thrillers has spawned surprisingly few successful emulators; however, Chicago attorney Balson's first novel, while featuring a young lawyer heroine, Catherine Lockhart, who sees her bar admission as a license to further justice, is no simple imitation of Grisham's entertaining potboilers, this novel is uplifting and moving, intelligently written and featuring historically accurate context and an unusual insight into human character and motivations. “This is as compelling a story as you would ever want to