Lunch Reads Volume 4

Book excerpt: Two mysterious stories that take readers on a journey to the border of fantasy at the junction of imagination and dreams. In this fourth volume of the Istoria Books LUNCH READS series, readers will encounter a girl frightened by strange events and stranger parents and a Jewish widower grappling with sorrow and longing. - LOOKING GLASS LILLY by E.B. Loan: As birds fall from the sky and fish die in rivers, Lillys parents begin to believe the end is near. But whose end? From the first words of this haunting story, E.B. Loan pulls the reader into young Lillys fears as she struggles to understand whats happening. A POT OF GOLD by Ted William Gross: Moishe, the tailor of Lomza, still grieves for his wife years after her passing. His sorrow blinds him to the needs of his family until his daughter Rachel tells him she would like to marry. Prompted by a dream of riches, he sets off on a journey to Warsaw to find the gold for her dowry, encountering instead an adventure where disaster confronts him.